Sunday, 2 May 2010

Why is Georges Seurat considered a post-impressionist? In other words, what exactly is this artist doing that is so different from impressionism?

The term
"post-impressionism" covers a wide variety of different artistic styles. On a banal
level, they are all post-impressionist in that they come after the movement known as
impressionism, associated with the work of artists such as Monet. Impressionism sought to depict
certain features of the objective world, albeit in a new and radically different way.
Impressionists sought to capture the fleeting moments they observed in the natural world around
them, using vivid colors and textures to achieve their intended effects.


Post-impressionists, on the other hand, were more concerned with...

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