Hi Valentin,
Did you main planar as in flat or Zeiss Planar 50 1.4, I think not! So are you referring to the Pleine air movement in France
Impressionist Painting: Plein-Air Landscapes
Pleine-Air: French Impressionism was a spontaneous, colour-sensitive style of painting which rejected the conventions of the dominant school of Academic art, in favour of a naturalistic and down-to-earth treatment of its subject matter. Its roots lay in the French Realism of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot and the plein-air methods of the Barbizon school. Impressionists specialized in landscapes and genre scenes (eg. Degas' pictures of ballet dancers and Renoir's nude figures) although portraiture was one of the few regular sources of income, and still-lifes would also be painted.
The name "Impressionism" was coined by the French art critic Louis Leroy, after visiting the first exhibition of Impressionist painting in 1874 where he saw Impression: Soleil Levant (1872) by Claude Monet. Ironically, Monet only decided on the title when completing the exhibition catalogue, and almost named the work View of the Harbour at Le Havre! In total, between 1874 and 1882, the Impressionists staged seven exhibitions, all in Paris. Source. But then it's not that type of work!
The left side of the picture, just that portion considered on its own is impressive in its own right. At first, I thought this is the entire picture! So I thought you were presenting it as a
pleine air picture and that puzzled me! Now I get it. This is a
planar reconstruction of a series of overlapped images to make the panorama!
It's good to get orientated properly. Brings me back to that beautiful city! Great job. A good idea to introduce panos with a smaller picture so we can grasp the full glory of the entire breathtaking view.
Asher
