"Monet's preoccupation with the effects of light led him to realize that each shift in light created a different subject, as though there were no continuing reality but only a collection of moments. He began to paint in series, with each painting catching the subject at a specific moment of time, as defined by light. Here, the simple yet monumental form of a haystack seems to have absorbed the glow of the setting sun. Monet would paint it again at dawn. at noon, in the snow, in the mist. Is there such a thing as a haystack, or are there only glimpses of a haystack in time?" (Living With Art by Mark Getlein)
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