Monet's Passion: Ideas, Inspiration and Insights from the Painter's Gardens by Elizabeth Murray; 1989. Hardcover. (LF)

In this best-selling book Elizabeth Murray discusses the development and maintenance of Claude Monet’s Giverny estate as well as Monet’s color theories, design elements, and use of light and shade. Richly illustrated with Murray’s lush photographs of the present-day Giverny gardens, Monet’s Passion also offers full-color illustrations of the gardens drawn to scale and four Giverny-based garden plans that can be executed anywhere. 144 pages, over 50 color photographs plus black-and-white historical photos.