seurat, georges

A short biography that introduces Georges Seurat, his works, and his painting style.

Showcases masterworks by three painters representative of the post-impressionist movement, including Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat, providing details about their individual styles, techniques, and subjects, and challenging viewers to identify the artist of particular paintings.

"Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French painter known for creating artworks with unusual techniques. The story guides the readers on the thoughts of Seurat as he is pursuing a new style of art and makes art his own"--Amazon.com.

A musical taking place on a series of Sundays from 1884 and 1886 in a park on an island in the Seine just outside Paris, a studio, and an American art museum, describing the inspirations the painter George Seurat used to paint many of his famous works, including "Sunday Afternoon in the Park.".

When one thinks of Georges Seurat, one artistic technique should come to mind: pointillism. Through Seurat's study of color and light, he came to use tiny dots to create gorgeous, unique colors. Readers see full-color photographs of some of his most famous pieces, such as A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte. Close-up images of small parts of the works call readers' attention to interesting details, like the child in this painting who's looking straight out of the canvas. Through clear instructions, readers can learn how to do a pointillist painting, too--if they have the patience!.

Examines Georges Seurat's famous painting, "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte," surveys his working methods, and includes fifty-five of his preparatory works, exhibits by Seurat's contemporaries, and discussion of the work's influence on contemporary art.

Examines the life of artist Georges Seurat and follows the development of his ideas to their completion; includes reproductions of paintings and original sketches.

Contains reproductions of seven paintings by Georges Seurat, with imaginative rhyming text that links the artworks.

Examines current interpretations of Seurat's art, and the relationship of his work to political and scientific theory in France.