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Georges Seurat: Pointillism and the Science of Color Perception
Georges Seurat invented Pointillism by treating painting as a science. Discover how he applied color theory to canvas and why his work still looks unlike anything else.
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Paul Gauguin: Tahiti, Primitivism, and the Complicated Legacy
Paul Gauguin abandoned Paris for Tahiti and transformed modern art. This guide covers his paintings, his troubling biography, and why his legacy still demands reckoning.
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte: Seurat, Pointillism, and the Science of Seeing
Georges Seurat spent two years painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte using a technique built on the science of color perception. This guide covers how pointillism works, who the people in the painting are, what critics said when it was first shown, and why the painting changed the course of modern art.