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Detail from Monet, 'The Thames below Westminster', about 1871.

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Monet, 'The Thames below Westminster', about 1871.

What's the effect of the contrast between the ghostly spires of the Houses of Parliament and the simple interlocking beams of the pier?

What about the way that the bold shape of the pier seems to disintegrate into the choppy brushstrokes of the paint that depicts its reflection?

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