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What links Monet to Zeiss?
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Find about that here:
http://corporate.zeiss.com/corporate/en_de/about-carl-zeiss/news/did-you-know/131st-issue-of-did-you-know-that-.html


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Interesting.

However, I'm very far from a fan of Monet. Smile


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What a relief. I was worried that Zeiss took inspiration from Monet in their lens design, or perhaps, even worse, Monet was inspired by Zeiss glass Laughing


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fermy wrote:
What a relief. I was worried that Zeiss took inspiration from Monet in their lens design, or perhaps, even worse, Monet was inspired by Zeiss glass Laughing


If I was a marketeer I could use the second statement.

Very Happy

Renato


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RSalles wrote:
fermy wrote:
What a relief. I was worried that Zeiss took inspiration from Monet in their lens design, or perhaps, even worse, Monet was inspired by Zeiss glass Laughing


If I was a marketeer I could use the second statement.

Very Happy

Renato


And it would work great until the potential customer sees the "Impressions du soleil levant" Very Happy


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Monet - how the blind would paint. Wink


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Right, nobody like good bokeh.


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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Monet - how the blind would paint. Wink


How would Beethoven have done it with an hearing aid?


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philslizzy wrote:
iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Monet - how the blind would paint. Wink


How would Beethoven have done it with an hearing aid?


LOL, that's a bloody good question Phil! Smile


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Monet may have been able to see UV after his cataract surgery and THAT changed how he saw colors
and might have been the reason for his dramatic change in color use for his works...


(c) skepticalartist.com

http://www.skepticalartist.com/2013/06/25/claude-monet-and-ultraviolet-light-did-the-master-impressionist-painter-have-uv-supervision/


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Thanks Klaus for this excellent comparison image. There is indeed some change.
However in my very humble opinion, more than the surgery, what changed Monet's colours
was the exposure to the more recent post-impressionist works such as those by Van Gogh,
Gauguin and Redon.


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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Monet - how the blind would paint. Wink


What do you mean by that?