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Seurat re-viewed / edited by Paul Smith.

Contributor(s): Smith, Paul, 1956-Material type: TextTextSeries: Refiguring modernism ; 14.Publication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2009Description: xiii, 258 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 9780271035451 (pbk.); 0271035455 (pbk.)Subject(s): Seurat, Georges, 1859-1891 -- Criticism and interpretationDDC classification: 759.4 LOC classification: N6853.S48 | S48 2009
Contents:
List of illustrations Introduction / Paul Smith Technique and theory. Hors-d'oeuvre : edges, boundaries, and marginality, with particular reference to Seurat's drawings / Anthea Callen Seurat and color theory / Georges Roque Society and the subject. The family and the father : the Grande Jatte and its absences / S. Hollis Clayson Illuminations of disenchantment : Seurat's Parade de Cirque / Jonathan Crary Irony. Interpreting Seurat's figure paintings / John House The ironic eye/I in Jules Laforgue and Georges Seurat / Joan U. Halperin Sensation. Seurat and the act of sensing : perception as artifact / Brendan Prendeville Grave Seurat / Richard Shiff Stillness and symbolism. "Souls of glass" : Seurat and the ethics of "timeless" experience / Paul Smith Seurat and Mallarmean thought / Richard Hobbs Selected bibliography List of contributors Index.
Summary: "An 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"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of illustrations Introduction / Paul Smith Technique and theory. Hors-d'oeuvre : edges, boundaries, and marginality, with particular reference to Seurat's drawings / Anthea Callen Seurat and color theory / Georges Roque Society and the subject. The family and the father : the Grande Jatte and its absences / S. Hollis Clayson Illuminations of disenchantment : Seurat's Parade de Cirque / Jonathan Crary Irony. Interpreting Seurat's figure paintings / John House The ironic eye/I in Jules Laforgue and Georges Seurat / Joan U. Halperin Sensation. Seurat and the act of sensing : perception as artifact / Brendan Prendeville Grave Seurat / Richard Shiff Stillness and symbolism. "Souls of glass" : Seurat and the ethics of "timeless" experience / Paul Smith Seurat and Mallarmean thought / Richard Hobbs Selected bibliography List of contributors Index.

"An 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"--Provided by publisher.

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