The sculptural experience of 80 Backs conveys the emotional truth our spines tell. Human backs often show feelings with more honesty than our faces. That's because our spine shape follows the unconscious. While we've learned to control facial expressions - backs do as they may. Polish fiber artist Abakanowicz reveals this with profound clarity. The organic fibrous sacks of … [Read more...]
Get to the Point: Georges Seurat and Pointillism- Part 2
Have you ever seen a billboard up close and wondered why it looks like a bunch of dots? Do you know that a very famous artist mastered a technique that your printer uses today? Join us as we learn about French painter Georges Seurat, discover the science behind how your eye blends colors, and create a gigantic painting we view from an airplane! Follow us on Twitter … [Read more...]
Seurat’s Circus Sideshow: A Hypnotic Work
Noise, vitality, movement, boisterousness…these are some of the things that one would expect from a circus scene. But in Georges Seurat’s painting Parade de Cirque, everything is unusually still, almost petrified. Even more strange is the way Seurat painted the work, composed of a profusion of dazzling dots. In this talk, Professor Richard Thomson explores the mystery and … [Read more...]
Get to the Point: Georges Seurat and Pointillism- Part 1
Have you ever seen a billboard up close and wondered why it looks like a bunch of dots? Do you know that a very famous artist mastered a technique that your printer uses today? Join us as we learn about French painter Georges Seurat, discover the science behind how your eye blends colors, and create a gigantic painting we view from an … [Read more...]
Seurat, Bathers at Asnières
Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières, 1884, oil on canvas, 6.6 x 9.8 ft (National Gallery, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. smarthistory,seurat,Art History,Post-Impressionism,Pointillism,Neo-Impressionism,History Of Art … [Read more...]
Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884, 1884-86, oil on canvas, 81-3/4 x 121-1/4 inches / 207.5 x 308.1 cm (The Art Institute of Chicago). In the Google Art project: http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/the-art-institute-of-chicago/artwork/a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884-georges-seurat/609033/. Created by Beth Harris and Steven … [Read more...]
Georges Seurat’s Sunday on La Grande Jatte | Art Institute Essentials Tour
On this episode of Art Institute Essentials Tour, take a closer look at Sunday on La Grande Jatte, painted by Georges Seurat in 1884. “Bedlam,” “scandal,” and “hilarity” were among the epithets used to describe what is now considered Georges Seurat’s greatest work when it was first exhibited in Paris. Spend some time with this timeless pointillist masterpiece, one of the most … [Read more...]
Georges Seurat: A collection of 135 works (HD)
BOOKS about Georges Seurat: [1] GEORGES SEURAT: The Art of Vision by Michelle Foa --- https://bit.ly/2wGI2JH [2] GEORGES SEURAT by John Rewald --- https://bit.ly/2IoUxz2 --- In order for the LEARNFROMMASTERS project to continue its activity, YOUR KIND SUPPORT IS REQUIRED: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/LearnFromMasters PAYPAL: … [Read more...]
The Story behind Great Paintings: Georges Seurat – Sunday on the Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Grande Jatte. You have been looking at this painting incorrectly, watch and find out why? Georges Seurat the French painter of A Sunday Afternoon on Le Grande Jatte was a Pointillist painter who died when only 31 years old. The artist was born in Paris, France in 1859. This video discusses the story behind the creation of the painting … [Read more...]