In a Medici Villa 1907

John Singer Sargent made "In a Medici Villa" with watercolor. It’s all about process and how he captured light. Look at the way the watercolor pools and drips on the fountain’s basin; it’s like the paint itself is water. The blue tones across the sky are soft, but then he uses these sharp, dark blues and greens to define the trees, pushing them back into space. The whole image flickers, and those flicks and gestures feel very deliberate. They're about catching a fleeting moment, a sunlit afternoon. It reminds me a little bit of Cézanne, who was also interested in how light changes how we see form, and it speaks to the way art is always in conversation, each artist riffing off those who came before. It's like Sargent is saying, "Here's my version of a moment in time, what's yours?"