AMBROSIA HSG Shoot for the moon Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars WORD FORMATION CLAUDE MONET – THE SUNRISE OF ART Claude Monet (1840-1926) is the founder of the famous branch of Impressionism, and the most consistent and prolific _ (PRACTISE) of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature The first key point to understanding Monet is that he is a prodigy, a raw genius He was already entertaining people at local shops as a schoolboy, at which point he met with a landscape artist Eugene Boudin Struck by his talent, she encouraged the teenaged _ (KIND) to paint in the open air on Normandy’s beaches Monet went on to get a proper Paris art education but his freedom and fluency were already there from his early works His innate genius is worn so lightly it is always _ (TOXIC) Today he’d probably be a street artist In his day, Monet painted a rich variety of topics, everything he saw, notably peaceful scene of nature and even recorded moment of one’s last breath, which he deemed the fleeting beauty of the modern world His reputation is intrinsically connected with the _ (BOUND) painting ‘Impression, sunrise’, the one that gave rise to the renowned art branch ‘Impressionism’ In the later part of his life, his style turned blurrier and blurrier due to his _ (OPHTHAMOLOGY) problem At the time, he had to paint from his memory yet the _ (FIRM) failed to undermine his exceptionality Nonetheless, for Monet himself, overwhelmed by the feeling of being _ (CREST), he singlehandedly _ (TERMINAL) them after his surgery Beyond any shadow of doubt, Claude Monet’s _ (ILLUSTRATION) is _ (ESSENCE) for Dan Brown’s saying: ‘So long as they speak your name, you shall never die ‘