The Parliament in London, Stormy Sky and The Silmarillion

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Claude Monet, The Parliament in London, Stormy Sky, 1890-1910
“But Sauron was not of mortal flesh, and though he was robbed now of that shape in which had wrought so great an evil, so that he could never again appear fair to the eyes of Men, yet his spirit arose out of the deep and passed as a shadow and a black wind over the sea, and came back to Middle-earth and to Mordor that was his home. There he took up again his great Ring in Barad-dur, and dwelt there, dark and silent, until he wrought himself a new guise, an image of malice and hatred made visible; and the Eye of Sauron the Terrible few could endure.” --J.R.R. Tolkien, The Simarillion.

Monet paints The Parliament in London, Stormy Sky with an unusually menacing tone. The contrast between the violent sky and sea with the black buildings contributes to Monet's abstract evil. The shroud-like tower piercing the orange sky does not provide any feelings of peace or justice, but only a dreamlike essence of fear. 

J.R.R. Tolkien's dark and evil character Sauron would seem fit in this painting. The vicious force of the sky and eerie calm of the sea seem incredibly Mordor-esque. It is almost surprising that the all seeing Eye cannot be found perched atop Monet's dark tower. Monet's depiction of a stormy day in London could also be perceived as a typical afternoon in Mordor as seen in J.R. R. Tolken's The Silmarillion.

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