Look around gallery 819.

Here is a black and white photograph of a spot that the artists, Claude Monet painted.
Can you match this photograph to the panting of the same place?

What is the same about the photograph and the painting? What is different between the two?

When Claude Monet made this painting, photography was still new.
What can his painting show that the photograph cannot?

Which do you prefer the photo or the painting? Why?