Monet's Passion - Pack of 1

"This up-to-the-minute anniversary edition is packed with some of the most ravishing images of the garden at Giverny ever recorded. There is a wonderful consistency about how Elizabeth manages to constantly invade our senses with her own lasting impressions of sunlight on figures, trees and flowers. The whole is an informal grace of pose and movement, and a total triumph of colour."—The Culture Concept Circle "Elizabeth Murray provides [the] kind of in-depth look that only someone who has worked in Monet's gardens and visits them annually can provide . . . For those who love Monet's gardens and would like to have gardens like them, Murray explains how you might recreate some small part of these fabulous gardens in your own garden."—May Dreams Gardens "I’ve never been to Giverny but I’ve always thought of it as a spring garden. But, as Murray’s photos attest, the garden is remarkable in all seasons, and the autumn garden is wonderfully robust with color and majesty."—Dirt Therapy "The book acts as both an introduction to Monet—who he was, how he came to painting and gardening—and a garden planner for the rest of us. Along with beautifully sumptuous photographs of the gardens today, Monet’s Passion also includes sketches, overlays, and plans for how to recreate the gardens at Giverny even if it’s in pots on your deck."—LibraryThing In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the first publication of Monet’s Passion: Ideas, Inspiration & Insights from the Painter’s Gardens, this completely revised edition of Elizabeth Murray’s best-selling book offers new text, new images, and new garden plans based on Claude Monet’s spectacular gardens at Giverny. A professional gardener and artist, Murray helped to restore the Giverny gardens in the 1980s and has since enjoyed privileged access to the site, where she returns annually to capture Monet’s passion at its most radiant and riotous. In this redesigned, updated edition, Murray discusses the development and history of Monet’s Giverny estate and brings new insight to Monet’s approach to gardening and design. Emphasizing his keen understanding of color balance and his genius for maximizing the effects of light, Murray explores the favorite color combinations and techniques with which Monet experimented in both painting and gardening—each pursuit informing the other. Murray’s lush photographs chronicle the present-day gardens, and a section titled “Bringing Giverny Home” provides detailed Giverny-based garden plans that can be executed anywhere. Full-color illustrations of the gardens, a list of the plants originally used by Monet, and a plant cultivation section round out this immensely helpful guide to creating year-round beauty in one’s own backyard. - INDIVIDUAL ITEM RRP £28