“ Monet’s garden was a living studio in which he tested color theories and studied the elusive effects of light. Roses were one of his favorite flowers , and he trained them up columns, arbors, curving tunnels, and umbrella-like structures. Each armature brought the climbing roses to eye level or higher against the backdrop of the sky”.
Elizabeth Murray, Monet’s Passion: The Gardens at Giverney (Pomegranate Communications, 2002)
