{"product_id":"9780271035451-seurat-re-viewed","title":"Seurat Re-viewed","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn anthology of essays exploring the work of Georges Seurat (1859-1891). Sections are devoted to technique and theory, Seurat's engagement with social issues, irony regarding the paintings' content, aesthetic effects, and the relation of his work to literary symbolism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorges Seurat is best known as the painter of \u003ci\u003eA Sunday on the Grande Jatte—1884\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most recognizable and reproduced works of art in the world. In recent years the painting has been the subject of a highly successful exhibition, the inspiration for a Broadway musical (by Stephen Sondheim), and the subject of a television program. The \u003ci\u003eGrande Jatte\u003c\/i\u003e has achieved this iconic status for a number of reasons, but is unknown to most people except as a simulacrum. The \u003ci\u003eGrande Jatte\u003c\/i\u003e is also plagued by the long-standing cliché that it embodies a “scientific” way of painting. The painting is much more complex, however; so is Seurat’s body of work as a whole. In this collection of essays, Paul Smith has assembled a broader view of Seurat’s oeuvre. \u003ci\u003eSeurat Re-viewed\u003c\/i\u003e touches on its engagement with society, gender, politics, new artists’ materials, and developments in art theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndividual essays focus on the many facets of Seurat’s work and its context, including its use of color and its debt to color theory; its exploitation of different drawing media; its connection to the work of the artist’s contemporaries, including the poets Jules Laforgue and Stéphane Mallarmé; and its concern with nineteenth-century social issues. The contributions also show important links among the \u003ci\u003eGrande Jatte\u003c\/i\u003e, literary Symbolism, and the development of future Modernist practices. The book amounts to a major reevaluation of Seurat’s art in the culture of the late nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the editor, the contributors are Anthea Callen, S. Hollis Clayson, Jonathan Crary, Joan U. Halperin, Richard Hobbs, John House, Brendan Prendeville, Georges Roque, and Richard Shiff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40928663502945,"sku":"9780271035451","price":91.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27662355.jpg?v=1721981802","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780271035451-seurat-re-viewed","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}