内容简介
Akeenstudentoftheinterplaybetweenlightandcolor,SeuratstudiedDelacroix,inparticular,asastudentattheÉcoledesBeaux-ArtsinParis.HisstudiesledhimtodeveloptheconceptofNeoimpressionism,whichinturn,resultedintheradicalapproachofDivisionism.Thistechnique,whichinformshistwobest-knownpiecesBathersatAsniéres(1884)andASundayAfternoonattheÎledeLaGrandeJatte(1886),usedpointillismtolaboriouslydevelopimagesthatshimmeredwithluminescenceandmovement.InthisaccessibleandenjoyableintroductiontoSeurat’slifeandwork,wemeetanartistdrivenbyaprofoundneedtoarticulatenature,harmony,andthesimplepleasuresoflifeindense,kinetictonesandlines.
作者简介
HajoDüchtingstudiedarthistory,philosophy,andarchaeologyinMunich,wherehegainedhisdoctoratein1981withathesisonRobertDelaunay’sWindowsseries.Afterworkinginmuseumandadulteducation,hemovedontoteachingpostsandguestprofessorshipsattheuniversitiesofMunich,Kassel,Leipzig,Saarbrücken,andMainz.Düchtinghaspublishednumerousarticlesontheartofthemodernera,colortheory,andtheteachingofart,andhasauthoredanumberofTASCHENtitles,includingPaulCézanne,WassilyKandinsky,RobertandSoniaDelaunay,andGeorgesSeurat.