June 16, 2005
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Here’s a better picture that demonstrates Seurat’s use of pointilism. It’s really a mind-boggling thing when you think about it, how a face can be differentiated from another simply by using dots. Pointilism is quite the magic-eye trick. Another of the Eiffel Tower:
Now…here’s a painting by Monet called “Impression, Sunrise.”
This painting is considered to be the beginning of the impressionist art movement. Seurat’s paintings are considered to be the beginning of the neo-impressionist art movement. The difference? Seurat’s pointilism was more scientific than the impressionist style of Monet. Both are pleasurable to the eye, but clearly neo-impressionism was a more difficult task. Some of Seurat’s paintings took 1-2 years, while Monet could paint an image in a day.
Question: This whole idea of periods receiving titles like “impressionist,” ”neo-impressionist,” “modern” “post-modern,” where does this come from? They apply to art, music, literature, and philosophy. I’ve heard there’s actual professional organizations that decide whether someone/something deserves to fit into the category. Ugh…my ignorance hurts
I like both Monet and Seurat, but perhaps they didn’t get along because of their varying techniques…
Yeah…and w/ Seurat we also have his buddy Paul Signac with this pretty pointi-painting:
“Port St. Tropez”
A movie worth seeing, is Mad Hot Ballroom. Today I watched the championships at the Winter Garden atrium, located next to the 9/11 site. Various 5th graders do the Foxtrot, Marengue, Tango, Swing, and the Ramba…some of the cutest kids I’ve ever seen!
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Nope. The first painting considered “impressionist” wouldn’t look like it at all to any but an art student. It’s Le dejeuner sur l’herbe “Luncheon on the Grass” by Edouard Manet, originally exhibited at the Salon des Refuses in Paris in 1863. It broke the conventions of the time by including people in modern dress in a classically patterned painting, and was considered obscene because of that. (115 years later I re-created it in front of a Golden Arches McDonald’s as “Luncheon in the Lot” for a student show poster)
“I hate waking up in the morning because the snap out of dream state hurts.” Your words remind me of a time when I was a little girl. I just couldn’t wait to go to bed everyday. And I hated it when I woke up in the morning. I was very depressed though I don’t remember what was the reason.