Special thanks to my writing group, Morgan Alonso and Aaron Weil, for their helpful advice, as well as the class for their input during my draft workshop.
French passages translated by myself.
I. Primary 19th Century Sources
Chevreul, Michel Eugene. The Principles of harmony and contrast of colors and their application to the arts. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publications, Ltd. 1987.
Marshall, Henry Rutgers. “Prof. O. N. Rood, On Colour-Contrast.� Mind, Vol. 14, No. 54 Apr., 1889: 312.
Rood, Ogden. Modern Chromatics. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co.: 1879.
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Osborne, Harold. “Pointillism.� Grove Dictonary of Art Online. 17 April, 2004.
Gage, John. “The Technique of Seurat: A Reappraisal.� The Art Bulletin, Vol. 69, No.3 Sep. 1987: 448-454.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Dir. John Hughes. Matthew Broderick. Paramount Studio, 1986.
Broude, Norma. “New Light on Seurat’s “Dot.� The Art Bulletin, Vol. 56, No.4. Dec., 1974: 581-589.
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III. Seurat’s Paintings and Letters
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Seurat, Georges. Sailboat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Seurat, Georges. Fisherman. Private Collection.
Seurat, Georges. Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
Seurat, Georges. Figures on the Shore. Private Collection.
Seurat, Georges. Compositonal Study for La Grande Jatte. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.