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  • Essay / Analysis of Claude Monet's Charbonniers - 1236

    2). Oriented around the current conquest of nature in the African country of Senegal (source), the specific image of the analysis deals with deforestation; a key contributor to climate change (Anderson and Kuhn, Cowspiracy). Devoid of living wildlife, the drab-colored decor exposes the public to the current drought in Senegal. This is undoubtedly a natural phenomenon in this semi-arid country, but the graceful silhouette in the burnt foreground denies it. The radiant divinity of this creature is due to its high chin and the lofty stature of its earth outfit; Monteiro's effort to show the unnatural nature of Senegal's situation through this divine being is depicted. Acting to discredit the standardized ideologies created by works of art such as The Coalmen (Fig. 1), it effectively shows the foreignness of the conquest. Furthermore, this discovered meaning is further encouraged by the supernatural being holding the elephant ear leaf, high above the fires. The visual information made visible by this visual text is not only the evil of the culture of the Western world, but also the cry for help of people and the environment of