{"id":130,"date":"2021-10-24T21:56:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/nargeshashempour\/?p=130"},"modified":"2021-10-24T21:56:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:56:09","slug":"impressionism-post-impressionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/nargeshashempour\/2021\/10\/24\/impressionism-post-impressionism\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressionism & Post Impressionism:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Georges Seurat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Georges Pierre Seurat was a post-impressionist painter from France. He is primarily known for developing the chromoluminarism and pointillism painting styles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year: 1884\u20131886
Medium: Oil on <\/a>canvas
Subject: People relaxing at\u00a0la Grande Jatte, Paris
Dimensions: 207.6\u00a0cm \u00d7\u00a0308\u00a0cm (81.7\u00a0in \u00d7\u00a0121.25\u00a0in)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte<\/strong>\u00a0is the most well-known painting by Georges Seurat. [1] It is a foundational work of the neo-impressionist style and a famous example of pointillist technique, produced on a big canvas. A group of Parisians relax in a park on the banks of the Seine in Seurat’s painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title: Bathers in Asni\u00e8res
Date: 1884, retouched 1887
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 201 cm (79.1 in) x 300 cm (118.1 in)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The canvas represents a peaceful Parisian riverfront landscape in the suburbs. Isolated humans, with their garments strewn sculpturally on the riverside, are depicted in a formal pattern with trees, austere boundary walls and buildings, and the River Seine. The composition has a feeling of delicate brilliance and timelessness thanks to a mix of intricate brushstroke techniques and a thorough use of modern colour theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title: Groupe de personnages
Date: 1884-1885
Medium: oil\u00a0on\u00a0panel
Dimensions: 15.5 \u00d7 23.7 cm (6.1 \u00d7 9.3 in)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Title: Les Poseuses
Genre: nude\u00a0<\/a>
Date: 1887
Medium: painting
Dimensions: 200 cm (78.7 in)\u00a0x 249.9 cm (98.3 in)\u00a0
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The painting, which is the third of Seurat’s six major works, was created in reaction to critics who said Seurat’s style was poor because it was frigid and unable to convey life. As a reaction, the artist created three nude portraits of the same woman in various stances. Part of Seurat’s 1884-1886 painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte may be seen in the left background. Models is notable for its pointillist style as well as the political implications of its representation of a naked female figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I admire his art; it’s not a style of painting I’d like to work in, but he’s the finest impressionist painter, and his work is somehow interesting. His choice of colour fascinates me, and the grainy technique in which he paints adds to the uniqueness of his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sources: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Sunday_Afternoon_on_the_Island_of_La_Grande_Jatte<\/a> , https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bathers_at_Asni\u00e8res<\/a> , https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Models_(painting)<\/a> , <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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