http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:07:09 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/06/131253.php#comment-481989 Un Dimanche à la Grande Jatte is an incredible painting. Despite most of the figures being so static, there is a dynamism instilled inside it, like "potential energy". Part of its force is exactly what Stephen Sondheim perceived, and that is the power of curiosity it imposes on the observer. The dots also convey the power of the artist's physical energy in the act of painting. It took Georges Seurat two years to complete this painting. What perseverence! What brilliance! 481989@blogcritics.org Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:07:09 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/06/131253.php#comment-481954 my school is reading about this painting and our assiment was to find out how long it took him to finish the painting... well i ended up not just finding the answer.. i was so interested in it that i studyed it a little more... this is going to go on my "the best paintings" list ... 481954@blogcritics.org Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:30:29 EST