A Sunday On La Grande Jatte Analysis

I chose A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Geroges Seurat for my critical analysis. When I was in 4th grade, my gifted class studied this artwork by Seurat. After studying this piece, we were allowed to replicate A Sunday on La Grande Jatte in the form of a mural in one of the hallways. I was beyond fascinated with the different colored “dots” we were using, and how in the end it all came together as a whole. Seurat’s pointillism technique catches my eye each time I see a piece of his, and to this day, I am in awe of this particular piece.

He created divisionism in which an artist paints dots in bright colors closely together, from which then they merge and from a viewers point allows you to see the subtle contrast of the shapes. This technique creates a grainy look.

Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection is a cornerstone of the Art Institute of Chicago’s distinguished holdings of Post-Impressionist and modern art. Assembled by Frederic and Helen Bartlett in the early 1920s, it was presented to the museum and placed on permanent display in 1926—at a time when works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and even Georges Seurat were still considered too radical for the collections of most American institutions. Today the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection comprises some of the most important and iconic paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Whether pride, fear, or peace, art is intended to make the viewer feel an emotion. The visit to the St. Louis Art Museum had me excited to discover a new revelation. Being the second time that I had visited in two semesters, I was looking forward to a new angle to take, writing about some of my favorite pieces I was unable to include in my last paper. This semester we have been focusing on the Renaissance era (1300-1700), also known as the Rebirth. During this time, scholars and artists looked back towards the classical learning. Purposefully looking past the middle-ages, they focused on the classical past of Rome and Greece. During this time period many works of art were created, however, throughout this semester every major artist we studied

On Saturday, November 4th, I visited the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. The piece of art I decided to write about is called “A Mountain Symphony (Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado)” This two-dimensional oil on canvas painting was completed in America in 1927 by Sven Birger Sandzén. This painting has not been on public view since 1927 and is located in the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. It was a “Free Day” at the museum, so I decided to attend by myself. I was unable to get a picture of myself in front of the work of art I decided to write about, but I did get several pictures of the artwork and a picture of myself with the “Free Day” sticker. I decided to write about this work of art because it was the only piece in the museum that really stood out to me and really caught my attention. A Mountain Symphony is a lively, beautiful landscape painting with a vibrant pallet filled with luminosity and broad brushstrokes. The sculptural quality of the paint surface reflect the influence of turn-of-the century modernist techniques. The balance of color and light brings happiness and joy to the viewer.

17. On my museum experience, I took it in like every other visit to the museum I have ever had: much like other children expressed wonder and amazement at a circus performance or sports game; I was awestruck and mesmerized by the colors, the atmosphere, and the same restrained joy that I felt evident in the eyes of all the other observers. My girlfriend and I made our way through the museum, blending in with crowds of other viewers to see Cezanne, Gauguin, Brueghel, O’Keefe and the like in the permanent collection, making time to go from one end of the spectrum to the other. But my heart has always had a soft spot for

Historically, prior to the nineteenth century people had very little leisure time. However, by the 1870s, working conditions were improving and everyone had Sunday off. It was now a time of relaxation and activities such as boating, or going to dance halls and cafés. Seurat and Monet began to paint these types of scenes and their characteristically loose painting styles complemented the leisure activities they portrayed. La Grenouillère was a popular middle-class resort consisting of a spa, a boating establishment and a floating café. It was the perfect subject for Monet to demonstrate the new way of leisure in the society at that time. Similarly, the Island of the Grande Jatte was the site of a public garden in Paris, also a place for people to go and relax, perhaps on a Sunday afternoon, since they had those days off. Both paintings combine the new subject matter of leisure with the relaxed painting style of impressionism to create a whole new category of modern art.

However, our trip did not last countless hours as I looked over 30 paintings in about twenty five minutes. This was not due to my lack of interest, but more to my novice mindset towards art. Art is similar to most skill activities in that people that are active in said activity can better understand and articulate the small actions that lead to a great piece of art, a great football play, or a great movie. I am embarrassed to say that I did not pay close enough attention to the intricacies of my dad's art, but I accepted to write these articles in hopes I could learn more about my dad's favorite past time.

The museum I chose to visit was the Dali Museum mainly because I have been wanting to check it out since I first moved down here to Florida three years ago. My sister has always been a huge Salvador Dali fan and even has a tattoo of his painting titled “The Elephants” on her side. I am looking forward to experiencing more of his paintings other than his most popular works of art. I am also hoping this experience will give me a greater appreciation for him as an artist by seeing the diversity of his works. What I am least looking forward to is trying to find one work of art that really stands out to me enough to write this paper about. I am sure I am going to find multiple pieces of art that I will love.

The island presented in the painting is located in Paris. Seurat made a successful attempt to capture the reality in his canvas through the brush. The island was well known for the rich peoples get away. The island was mostly famous in the Parisian community. However, in the painting objects and people do not represent the reality of that time. The non-resemblance to the reality was one of the major issues due to which “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” was criticized by the public. The painting was also not quite appreciated because according to the art critics of 1800’s the painting lacked the academic texture. The painting was a representation of painterly texture that was quite unacceptable at the time. While Seurat was

One pleasant afternoon, my classmates and I decided to visit the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to begin on our museum assignment in world literature class. According to Houston Museum of Fine Art’s staff, MFAH considers as one of the largest museums in the nation and it contains many variety forms of art with more than several thousand years of unique history. Also, I have never been in a museum in a very long time especially as big as MFAH, and my experience about the museum was unique and pleasant. Although I have observed many great types and forms of art in the museum, there were few that interested me the most.

In art, there are qualities that speak louder than words. It expresses many different messages and emotions and each person has an experience different from the next. In this paper, I will be discussing two artworks I encountered. The piece is a good example of how people can encounter different experiences in one piece. I attended the Orlando Museum of Art a while back with family and overall enjoyed my experience. On my visit, I found the museum quite impressive and felt a deep connection with specific pieces.

However, I'm doing an essay on the artist painting done by Andre Derain its called the “The Turning Road, L'Estaque,1906, when I visited the Houston Museum of Arts on March 15, 2017 around 3:00pm it was my first time ever going to the Museum of Houston Arts it was a wonderful experiment to see the different Art sculpture's and all the other amazing artist's work. I actually got lost a couple of times, but I finally found “The Turning Road, L'Estaque painting in the Museum located in the Audrey Jones Beck Building 223 Beck Galleries. That I personally learn from the experiments to better understand the perception of Art to the public eye to just not see a painting, but to understand the different dimension of work artist create inside there painting, oil canvas, sculpture's, and how hard that the artist spent time working on their immaculate work for the general public to see their

Although examining art requires a huge knowledge, my intention in this essay is to analyze a piece of art, besides lyrics and the context, I’m going to examine it by following the steps presented by Alain de Botton.

Through my analysis and comparison of Les Grands Boulevard and La Grande Jatte I hope to convey to the reader that these two paintings, although painted in different styles, both illustrate the need to slow down and enjoy life. Les Grands Boulevards is a 20 1/2 x 25in. European oil on canvas painting created by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1875 during the impressionism movement (“Philadelphia Museum of Art”). The painting is currently housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (“Philadelphia Museum of Art”). A Sunday on La Grande Jatte is another European oil on canvas painting. Georges Seurat started this painting in 1884 during the post impressionism movement and completed it in 1886 ( "About This Artwork."). In 1889 Seurat made one final change to La Grande Jatte, restretching the canvas to 81 3/4 x 121 1/4in in order to add a painted border ( "About This Artwork."). The painting is now located at the Art Institute of Chicago ( "About This Artwork.").