Georges Seurat played a major role in rescuing art from the technique and aesthetic of Impressionism, helping to re-establish classical order at a moment when painting was threatened with formlessness and dissolution. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was pained in 1884 by Georges Seurat. This was his largest painting, oil on canvas, measuring 81 ¾ X 121 ¼ inches. Seurat inscribed this magnificent painting in the lower right corner. Depicted is a beautiful narrative scene of people
Throughout the history of art, techniques have developed to make the era of modern art the most Avant Garde period. Both Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Georges Seurat demonstrate an evolving style and technique in their paintings “The Luncheon of the Boating Party” and “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte”. The subject matter of each of the pieces is made concise, the artists’ intentions are clear, the elements and principles of design are present and the style and technique are unique to each artist and their
INTRODUCTION Science and art naturally overlap. Both are a means of investigation. Both involve ideas, theories, and hypotheses that are tested in places where mind and hand come together(the laboratory and studio). Artists, like scientists, study materials, people, culture, history, religion, mythology and learn to transform information into something else. In ancient Greece, the word for art was techne, from which technique
M U S E U M P R O J E C T I visited The Art Institute of Chicago for my Museum Project, which is a 130 years old Museum, and currently ranks as, “number one attraction for Chicago” according to trip advisor. This Museum is located at the intersection on Michigan and Adams, and is visited by thousands of visitors each year. The Great Fire of 1871 destroyed this Museum. The Art institution of Chicago was founded as both a museum and school for fine arts in 1879. According to The Art institute