Georges Seurat
In 1886, at the last Impressionist Exhibition in Paris, an unknown painter, Georges Seurat, exhibited a large canvas which caused a scandal for its technical daring and lack of concern for the accepted conventions of painting. A multitude of small dots created an astonishing light, and "pointil...
Other Authors: | Infobase,, Arte France cinéma (Firm) |
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Format: | Video |
Language: | French |
Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
ARTE France,
[1991]
Distributed by Infobase, |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource (1 video file (30 min., 52 sec)) : sound, color. |
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Table of Contents:
- "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (2:08);
- Seurat's Perseverance (1:38);
- Summer of 1884 (1:28);
- Drawings Conceived in Paint (2:25);
- Painting in Stages (0:46);
- Composition (1:51);
- Capturing Tint Facets (2:37);
- Reworking "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (3:35);
- Implementing Frames (1:40);
- Impression of Depth (3:35);
- Mixed Reviews (1:38);
- Analogy of Opposites and Likenesses (3:32);
- Painter of the Edge (2:17);
- Credits: Georges Seurat (1:21);