Sun

In this painting Claude has framed the sunrise with the
buildings to the left and the boats to the right. This technique
draws are attention to the landscape. Claude loved to paint
landscapes, however they were a low genre in art. Therefore
he was quoted to have said “you can pay for the landscape
and I’ll add the figures for free”.
Claude
painted the
Embarkation
of the Queen
of Sheba
after this
painting.
Claude’s
style
developed
by making
his paintings
more
symmetrical.
In this painting Claude has drawn the viewers
into the image with his use of atmospheric
perspective. The cropping of the figures in the
foreground, to the left hand side also brings the
viewers into the image by the use of repoussior.
In Claude's paintings he always depicted the sky at dawn
or twilight this was because he believed these were the
most poetic of skies to paint. He technique for painting the
sky was very meticulous, but he achieved an atmosphere
in all of his paintings which captured the viewers attention.