Boulevard des Capucines ☳ Monet ☵ Art Print gilded age and a major example of

and a major example of pointillism

pedestrians on a cobblestone street illuminated by a nearby shop

restaurant noises of plates and conversations

It is staged in the contemporary ruins of a medieval castle

and waning moon in the upper right

Boulevard des Capucines ☳ Monet ☵ Art Print gilded age and a major example ofBoulevard des Capucines (1873) by Claude Monet depicts the view of the famous Paris boulevard as seen from the very rooms that would be used for the first Impressionist exhibition. With very little detail, Monet depicts the Parisian boulevard lined with trees and alive with movement, with dozens of pedestrians, horse drawn carriages, and a vendor holding a bunch of pink balloons.