THE COVER

摘要

WHAT GREATER DELIGHT TO THE SOUL OF A painter than a fresh-fallen snow under a leaden sky? And this is exactly what greeted Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) one winter day in 1874 when he was staying with Ms close friend and fellow painter Ludovic Piette at his farm in Brittany. Here was the perfect opportunity to study light and its effects, not the bright light of a sunny day that would reflect the brilliant blues, yellows, and reds in a garden, but the subtle nuances of a light that revealed a monochrome landscape of grays and whites, relieved only slightly by the bulk of a stone-colored house.