Screen LibraryGeorges Seurat : the drawings /
"Once described as "the most beautiful painter's drawings in existence," Georges Seurat's mysterious and radiant works on paper played a crucial role in his career. Though Seurat is most often remembered as the inventor of pointillism and for paintings like Un Dimanche a la...
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Museum of Modern Art ; Thames & Hudson [distributor],
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| Publisher Address: | New York : London : |
| Publication Dates: | ©2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Once described as "the most beautiful painter's drawings in existence," Georges Seurat's mysterious and radiant works on paper played a crucial role in his career. Though Seurat is most often remembered as the inventor of pointillism and for paintings like Un Dimanche a la Grande Jatte, his incomparable drawings are among his - and modernism's - greatest achievements. Working primarily with conte crayon on paper, Seurat explored the Parisian metropolis and its environs, abstracted figures, spaces, and structures, and dramatized the relationship between light and shadow, creating a distinct body of work that is a touchstone for art the twentieth century and today." "Accompanying the first exhibition in almost twenty-five years to focus exclusively on Seurat's drawings, this volume surveys the artist's entire oeuvre - from his academic training and the emergence of his unique methods to the studies made for his monumental canvases. Distinguished writers present important new research on Seurat's artistic strategies, materials, and themes."--Jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | 269 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780870707179 0870707175 |
| Index Number: | NC248 |
| CLC: | J231(565) |
| Call Number: | J231(565)/S496 |
| Contents: | Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Introduction / Jodi Hauptman -- Seurat distracted / Richard Shiff -- Seurat: materials and techniques / Karl Buchberg -- Plates I -- Medium and miasma: Seurat's drawings on the margins of Paris / Jodi Hauptman -- Polka dots and moonbeams / Hubert Damisch -- Plates II -- The imperatives of style: Seurat's drawings, 1886-1891 / Richard Thomson -- Seurat as mentor / Bridget Riley -- Plates III -- Catalogue of the exhibition / Tricia Yunjoo Paik -- Chronology / Vérene Tasseau. |