What is the technical term for the act of painting outdoors? Name an artist who practiced this type of painting and why. What kind of subject and lighting effect was typical for this artist?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The term is plein-air painting, which is French for "open air."
2. Claude Monet and other Impressionists painted outdoors, in front of their subjects, so as to capture the true optical colors of the scene.
3. A typical subject is Monet's Grainstack (Sunset) in open air.
4. He painted the colors of the grainstack as it was registered in his eye by the natural light; thus he used reds and greens as the stack appeared at sunset.
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