Bredotina
...the fields, the clouds bunching overhead, the peaceful little river all aglow with ripples and colors and splotches of light, and the wagon and country cottage that blend with the landscape. The time is late summer but the grass has not lost its freshness. Green shadows dapple the sunlit sward, and over all is a soft and tranquil sky. The scene is a miracle! The salient features of the landscape are treated in sharp relief – even those not strictly necessary – merge perfectly under a serene perfect lightThe Haywain John Constable is the master of landscape painting. He loved the countryside and tried to capture informally the effects of changing light and the patterns of clouds moving across the country sky and his best work was of outdoor scenes. Haywain - gorgeous painting - is probably John Constable's most famous work. This oil canvas is brilliant example of his painting at its complete maturity. It won a gold medal at the Paris Salon of 1824, and has been repeatedly reproduced and studied. Yet it is difficult to explain why it is so wonderful. The subject matter is mundane. The scene is typically English. A wagon filled with hay pauses while fording a stream so that the horses can drink. A dog runs along the bank barking at a child in the wagon, and on the bank outside the house, a woman is washing clothes. None of these activities are worthy of a second glance. But how Constable has framed the picture - the splashes of color turning the leaves bright gold in the arch in the middle of the picture, the sun dancing on the fields, the clouds bunching overhead, the peaceful little river all aglow with ripples and colors and splotches of light, and the wagon and country ...