Saturday, January 22, 2011

Art Appreciation Blog

Painting Title: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - 1884

Type of Painting: Pointillism

Artist: Georges SeuratSeurat spent two years painting A Sunday Afternoon, focusing on the Landscape art. Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. 
George Seurat would go and sit in the park and make numerous sketches of the various figures in order to perfect their form.

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Be sure to restate the question in each of your answers!

1. What kinds of things do you see in this painting?
2. What words would you use to describe this painting? (Include a minimum of 5)
3. How would you describe the use of colour and shape in this painting?
4. What type of mood do you feel the Georges Seurat was in when he created this painting?
5. How would you describe that painting to a person who could not see it?
6. How would you describe the people in this picture? Are they like you or different?
7. How would you describe the setting in this painting?

 
Description: Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism.
 

16 comments:

  1. 1. What I see in this painting is People at the park looking at the lake.
    2. Amazing, Extraordinary, Bright, Magnificent, colourful.
    3.This artist has used a lot of colour because I bet you there is more then 100 colours in this wonderful painting.
    4.Focused because when you look at the people they look like they are focused on one thing.
    5.It has a lot of colours and mixtures of red, blue, yellow, green ,etc.
    6.I know the people like to go outside because they are all ready. No they are not like me because I just go outside for the fun of it and the people are outside to relax.
    7.The setting is peaceful because i don’t see anything bad happening outside

    By:Brian

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  2. In this painting I see lots of people and 2 animals. I would describe this painting as different, cool, unique, bright, peaceful. I would describe this use of colour as bright and peaceful. The shape of this painting is cool because it is made of dots. I think he was feeling peaceful and nice. I would describe this as bright and made of dots and it’s on a shore with boats. People in this painting are different because they use umbrellas in the sun. This setting is peaceful because it is calm and no one is running around so it is peaceful and calm

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  3. I CAN SEE BOATS ON THE WATER AND PEOPLE ENJOYING THE SUN. I WOULD USE WORDS LIKE STRONG, CLEVER, SMART ,BOLD , EXTRAORDINARY. THE ARTIST USED A GOOD VARIATE OF SHAPES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT COLORS TO USE ON PEOPLE AND OTHER THING .I THINK GEORGES WAS IN A HAPPY MOOD WHEN HE PAINTED THIS BECAUSE HE PAINTED PEOPLE HAPPY AND IF HE WAS DOWN HE PROBABLY WOULD OF PAINTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. TO DESCRIBE IT TO A PERSON THAT HAS NEVER SEEN IT I WOULD SAY IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT LOOKS SO REAL FOR SOMETHING THAT IS MADE UP OF DOTS. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS PICTURE ARE SOMEWHAT LIKE ME BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I WOULD DO ON A NICE DAY LIKE THIS. THE ARTIST DEFIANTLY PICKED A GOOD SETTING BECAUSE THERE IS JUST SO MUCH STUFF TO PAINT FOR A PARK SCENE.
    OVERALL I REALLY LIKED THE PAINTING


    BY :NOAH

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  4. In this painting I see a monkey, dogs, and many people with umbrellas, and a bay full of boats in the background, there are also many people sitting in the shade of the tree. Words to describe this painting are beautiful, elegant, peaceful, calm and it looks fun because there are a lot of dogs running around, a monkey running around and people enjoying themselves. I think the colour choice is really nice, I think the artist did a really good job with all the characters because it’s amazing how those are just little dogs put together into such a detailed picture. I think George Seurat was very happy and calm when painting this picture because everything looks nice and happy with everyone getting along and having a good time. If I was told to describe this painting for someone who couldn’t see it I would say there are lots of people, dogs and pets (monkeys) at a very calm park near a bay with boats floating around in the distance. I find most of the people in this painting are adults so it would be hard to connect. The only kids I can see are girls, so I don’t connect to the people. The setting is a calm park near a bay on a spring or summer afternoon.

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  5. I wonder why georges decided to paint something like this?


    by: noah

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  6. I see people having a picnic and lots of people with umbrellas, i also see some dogs.
    Some words to describe this painting are:
    1. Bright/Bold
    2. A nice day
    3. A strong photo
    4. A good day for a picnic
    5. A EXTRAORDINARY painting because there’s lots of colour
    I think they put lots of green in the photo but they put bright colours to get the persons attention
    I think he did this photo because he might of wanted a challenge. This would be a challenge because there is lots of people, and colour.
    I would describe it as: a good use of bright colour, a busy day, people having a picnic
    I think these people aren’t like me because my family and I because we usually don’t go on picnics and go out for a walk
    I would describe it as a sunny day or a nice day because of the bright colours
    BY: PETER

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  7. 1. What I see in this painting is People at the park looking at the lake.
    2. Amazing, Extraordinary, Bright, Magnificent, colourful.
    3.This artist has used a lot of colour because I bet you there is more then 100 colours in this wonderful painting including the lake, people, sky,etc.
    4.Focused because when you look at the people they look like they are concentrating on something and is not getting distracted by anything.
    5.It has a lot of colours and mixtures of red, blue, yellow, green ,etc.
    6.I know the people like to go outside because they are all ready to have some fun.No they are not like me because I just go outside for the fun of it and the people are outside to relax.
    7.The setting is peaceful because i don’t see anything bad happening outside or to the people.

    By : Brian M.

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  8. I can see a lot of things that would be happening on a park on water 2 I would describe it as calm, peaceful, a nice day, cool, enjoying. 3 I would describe it a peaceful and lots of color. 4 I think the mood he was in was relaxed. 5 I would say it is by a river with a lot of people. 6 I think like me because they look like they just want to relax. 7 I would say it is peaceful.

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  9. In the painting Sunday Afternoon I see families and each family is doing what they think would make a perfect Sunday. One family is going on a walk others are just siting in the shade. I think this painting has a lot of character, because it looks like each person has a feelings or has different feelings. Like one girl is siting picking off pedals from a flower, an other women is fishing. Theirs one person that seems to stand out someone that does not have a feeling or is really not doing anything. The man in the left corner. Everyone else is wearing clothing from England or fancy clothing, but not the man I’m talking about. When I first saw the painting I thought it would be a women because the artist’s name sounds like a man so men artists like to draw women but why did he chose a man to stand out?

    I love pointillism because its thousands of little dots put together to make a picture.
    By: Alyssa

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  10. 1.In this painting I see A monkey and dogs I also see people on beach
    and people using boats.
    2.I would describe this painting as a product of hard work
    maybe even awesome
    3.there is a lot of colour very dark
    4.maybe Bored or imagination
    5.A nice day at the beach!
    6.It is just a regular day at the beach watching boats go by
    7.summer or the spring because people are wearing close!

    BY;Tyson

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  11. 1. I see people having a good time and everyone is doing something different. And relaxing the are also in different heights they all having a good day.

    2. For this painting I would use the word relaxed, sunny, peaceful, nice, fun

    3. I would describe this painting in colour and shape the colour catchy colour it’s very tender the shape is different because everyone is different shapes and ths is made of little dots.

    4.I feel very calm because it looks like everyone is having a good time and its not to much in the photo.

    5. I would tell them that it looks like everyone is at a place near water everyone is having a peaceful day and the colour just brings out the whole picture and there is a lot of people.

    6. This picture from my point of view is that everyone is calm this picture is just fantastic it’s the best picture ever it is a colour ful picture. They are kind of like me some times I like having a peaceful day.

    7. I would describe this setting at the park with lots of people and with lots of trees.

    BY: HANNAH

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  12. 1. In this painting I see people relaxing on a hot sunny day and everybody is doing something different.

    2. For this painting i would use the words relaxed , enjoyable , sunny day , peaceful , unique to describe this painting.

    3. The use of colour i would use to describe the painting is bright , calm , peaceful and light. The shape of this painting i would say would be circles because it is made up of little dotes!

    4. I feel very calm when i look at this painting. I feel calm because this painting show’s everybody having a good time and nobody is in a bad mood.

    5. I would describe the painting to a person who couldn’t see as a very peaceful setting. I would also tell them that everybody looks like they are enjoying their selves .

    6. I would say that these people in the painting are kind of like me sometimes because i sometimes i can be very calm , but not all the time!

    7. This setting looks like it took place in a park and parks are normally calm unless it is a dog park which in that case might be loud .

    by:Kyra .F.

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  13. I see that there is a mysterious monky as a pet and I see a lot of dogs. I see a really nice lake. I would like to see it up close.

    What kind of words would you use to describe this painting.
    The words that I would use to describe this painting are nice looking, lots of animals, has nice colours, relaxing, busy (in has a lot of people in it). The people in the painting are happy.

    I would describe the use of colour and shape in this painting in this way: that it has a varied use of colour. With the use of colour, the artist is telling us that when you see the colours, it draws you in and makes you want to look at it some more. The artist uses shape, especiially the rectangle of the lady’s skirt in the very center of the painting.
    The boats are another strong shape. When I squint, I see shapes like three big pieces of ‘pie’.
    The mood that George Seurat was in when he created this painting was happy because he created a bunch of happy people, not sad.
    I would describe the painting as the one with all the colours and lots of smiling people.

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  14. 1.In the painting I see people, animals, the sky and trees.
    2.Relaxing because people are lying down in te park. Exotic because this painting is out of this world because it’s made up of paint dots. Amazing because the drawing has so much detail. Coulourful because there is so many coulours. It’s a peaceful day because there are people taking a walk through the park.
    3.I think they used a lot of coulours like blue, green, yellow, and red.
    4.I think he was in a peaceful mood because the painting he made looks like a peaceful day in the park.
    5.There are at least 3 males with visable faces and at least 3 males without There are 3 animals in the scene 1 dog 1cat and 1 monkey. There are 4 people with umbrellas. There is water to the west and there is a little girl eating out of her picnic basket.
    6.I think the people in this picture just want to relax because the re are just sitting in the shade just sitting down, standing ,or lying down. They are kind of like me because I like to sometimes relax and do nothing but sit around . But there also not like me because I don’t like to take walks for no reason.
    7.I would describe the painting as peaceful because there are people gathering around the park just to relax.Tony. p

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  15. 1. In this painting I see people enjoying their day , dogs lying down in the shade , and boats sailing on the beautiful shimmering water
    2. 5 words to describe this setting is :
    Relaxing
    Calm
    Playful
    Worriless
    and Fresh
    3. The use of colour and shape in this painting is very interesting. It has a variety of different shapes and colour use and it is very intriguing. It also uses great shading
    4. I felt very relaxed when i saw this painting it made me feel happy and interested at the same time
    5. I would describe it as a variety of colors and it shows lots of people either sitting or standing also it shows a lot of dogs.
    6. The people in this picture are very old fashion should i say because the women are wearing bonnets at the beach and men are wearing ties also at the beach
    7. I would describe the setting as a beach or a park. I think it is a public place and a lot of people enjoy their summer days there.

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  16. This painting is so cool. You can tell it took a lot of effort and time. In this painting I can see where there’s shade and where the sun is directly hitting, witch way the wind is blowing because in the back ground there’s a boat and the flag is moving to the left, and you can see that everyone is having a great time animals and humans. I can also tell that this is a very popular place with all the people and also that it is or was a gorgeous day!
    If I had to choose 5 things to say about this painting I would say outstanding colors, amazing detail for a pointillism, very unique, is inspiring and finally INCREDIBLE!
    I would describe the color of this painting as vibrant, colorful,
    and mythical. The shape of the painting is just outstanding.
    I feel that George was feeling happy and joyous and blessed to be on our earth.
    If i were to describe this to a person who could not see it i would say it’s a wonderful bright day on a beach with hundreds of people and their pets all having a great time. The beautiful blue water has sail boats in it. It’s truly spectacular.
    I love going to the beach so i feel like i can relate to these people.
    This painting is very relaxed and peaceful.

    Roisin g

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