5. seurat landscape
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Georges Seurat-Inspired Landscapes
Pointillism
Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat
• Seurat was painting when Color Theory was being officiated into text by scientists studying perception, and he was familiar with some of these theories
• He believed that placing tiny dabs of pure colors next to each other, the viewer’s eyes would do the work of mixing them together (optical mixing)
• He believed he could use science and color to create emotion and/or harmony in a painting
Georges Seurat
• Seurat’s new experimental style with these dabs of pure color is called “Neo-Impressionism” or “Pointillism”
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 (have you ever seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?)
The Seine and la Grande Jatte-Springtime, 1888
The Circus, 1891 (Seurat died before he could finish this painting)
The Eiffel Tower, 1889
Landscape, The Island of la Grande Jatte, 1884
Le Chahut, 1889-1890
Detail from Circus Sideshow, or Parade de Cirque, 1889
Seated Woman, 1882-1883
Assignment:
• Design a landscape that:– Shows Space:
• Include and background, middle ground, and foreground
– Follows the “Rule of Thirds”
– “Landscape” doesn’t have to be a landscape in the traditional sense…don’t be afraid to get creative. Many scenes can include a background, middle ground and foreground, and can follow the rule of thirds without being a traditional “landscape”
Rule of Thirds
Assignment
• Keep in mind: – The smaller the dots, the more “blended” it will
look from far away (this is called OPTICAL MIXING)
– The larger the dots, the fuzzier the image will seem from far away: you will need higher contrastto make the image stand out
– Darker areas will require more dots fit tightly together
– Lighter areas will require fewer dots spread further apart
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My Example: What do you see?
How about now?
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