This illustrated monograph throws new light on the meaning and imagery of Seurat's paintings. The usual account of Seurat lays most stress on technical and formal aspects of his work. While accepting their importance, Richard Thomson seeks to redress the balance by providing a sustained analysis of Seurat's imagery and situating his work within the fluctuating intellectual and social currents of the day. To Seurat the vital subject for contemporary painting was the modern metropolis, and this book examines the critical way in which he depicted and interpreted Paris, its suburbs and its popular entertainment.
- ISBN10 0881621137
- ISBN13 9780881621136
- Publish Date 1 December 1985 (first published 10 October 1985)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 2 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Salem House Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English