{"product_id":"9783836546348","title":"Seurat","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat’s the Point?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorges Seurat’s revolutionary dots\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeorges Seurat\u003c\/b\u003e (1859–1891) was only 31 when he died, but his short life blazed with inspiration, vision, and creativity and altered the course of European painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA keen student of the \u003cb\u003einterplay between light and color\u003c\/b\u003e, Seurat studied Delacroix, in particular, as a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His studies led him to develop the concept of \u003cb\u003eNeoimpressionism\u003c\/b\u003e, which in turn, resulted in the radical approach of \u003cb\u003eDivisionism\u003c\/b\u003e. This technique, which informs his two best-known pieces \u003ci\u003eBathers at Asniéres\u003c\/i\u003e (1884) and \u003ci\u003eA Sunday Afternoon at the Île de La Grande Jatte\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), used pointillism to laboriously develop images that shimmered with luminescence and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this accessible and enjoyable introduction to Seurat’s life and work, we meet an artist driven by a profound \u003cb\u003eneed to articulate nature, harmony, and the simple pleasures of life in dense, kinetic tones and lines\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48245970043120,"sku":"9783836546348","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836546348_p0.jpg?v=1763759427","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836546348","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}