| Georges Seurat | |
|---|---|
 Georges Seurat, 1888 | |
| Birth name | Georges Pierre Seurat |
| Born | 2 December 1859 Paris, France |
| Died | 29 March 1891 (aged 31) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Field | Painting |
| Movement | Post-Impressionism, Neo-impressionism, Pointillism |
| Works | Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte |
When you view from a distance your eye blends the dots together, this is called optical blending. You can see this in Seurat’s painting The Eiffel Tower (pictured on the right). When you look at it, it looks orange, but really he only used tiny dots of red and yellow which your eyes blend to make the color orange. Instead of mixing the paint himself, he is making your eye do all the work!
http://ayay.co.uk/background/paintings/georges_seurat/alfalfa-fields-saint-denis/
The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, in Paris, France,
2 comments:
These are some of my favorite paintings!! Probably from playing the game "Masterpiece" as a kid!! Seriously loved that game!! Is it even around anymore??? Love all your photos and keeping up with you guys through the blogging world!! Call me, if you are in the neighborhood sometime!! Miss the Motley's lots!
VERY cool artist, and very cool Intro by our talented, creative daughter!
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