http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/ Copyright 2006 Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:22:05 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype//?v=1.03 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Life in the 1880's While Georges Seurat was well known for his work in color theory and in pointillism, prior to this breakthrough of his he was a world-renowned painter and drawer. Most people know his later work, but this... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/georges_seurat.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/georges_seurat.html Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:22:05 -0500 The Worker, The Interchangeable Part The effects of industrialization on his subjects soon affected Seurat's rendering of them as individuals as seen in the next two drawings by Seurat. In this page a more in depth analysis will be done... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/interchangeable.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/interchangeable.html Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:38:48 -0500 Drawbridge and Locomotive-A Little More The Locomotive and the Drawbridge While these two works were drawn in 1882 during the year in which Seurat drew mostly farm workers, these are two drawings which show Seurat's view of industry at an... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/the_drawbridge.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/the_drawbridge.html Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:27:23 -0500 Seurat, Monet, and Pissarro: Different Opinions in Art Post-Impressionism saw the creation of many different styles that diverged in both style and subject from that of the Impressionists while still maintaining certain similarities to the artistic movement that preceded it.... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/seurat_and_othe.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/seurat_and_othe.html Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:03:50 -0500 Influences of Seurat Throughout the early stages of Seurat's career, many French artists influenced both his style and technique in drawing and painting. While at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, both Delacroix and Ingres strongly influenced the way in which he... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/millet_and_seur.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/millet_and_seur.html Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:50:17 -0500 My name is Stephen Tavares and I have made the long trip to Princeton as well, all the way from central New Jersey. As a Freshman at Princeton University, I began my quest into the unknown of college life. One... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/about_the_autho.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/about_the_autho.html Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:49:48 -0500 Works Cited Bibliography I. Seurat Art Works: 1. Seurat, Georges. 1882-83. "Drawbridge". Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Simon Collection, New City. 2. Seurat, Georges. 1881. "The Harvester". Jacques Rodrigues-Henriques Collection. 3. Seurat, Georges. 1882-83. "Locomotive". Charles Gillet Collection, Lyon. 4. Seurat,... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/works_cited.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/works_cited.html Wed, 08 Dec 2004 17:19:40 -0500 Conclusion While many claimed that industry was just the progression of society, the worker was hurt by the oncome of industry on the countryside. So, was the worker just a "victim of progression" as Zimmerman states in Seurat and the... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/conclusion.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/conclusion.html Wed, 08 Dec 2004 17:18:06 -0500 Total Loss of the Individual As industry invaded the workers life, Seurat began to depict the worker in more negative way as a result. In his later works, the worker transforms entirely into the machine. As industry became a more... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/the_machine_of.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/the_machine_of.html Wed, 08 Dec 2004 17:16:53 -0500 The Factory and the Individual Seurat furthered this notion of the worker becoming only "one of the many cogs in the machinery of the industrial revolution" as Herbert states in Seurat's Drawings in his work Men Outside Factory (Herbert, Seurat's... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/factories_invad.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/factories_invad.html Wed, 08 Dec 2004 17:14:51 -0500 Men Working On Roads The negative aspects of industry on the worker become even more apparent in Men Driving Stakes and Road Menders because Seurat creates the worker as less of an individual and more as part of a machine.... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/working_up_a_st.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/working_up_a_st.html Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:18:37 -0500 Industrialization and De-Humanization Set In Although Seurat focused greatly on the worker earlier in his career, as industry began to play a greater role French economics and life, Seurat's depiction of the worker changed as a result which led to... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/french_industri.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/12/french_industri.html Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:07:52 -0500 Seurat's Depiction of Farmers and the Sort While in his later works Seurat depicted industry to have a negative impact on the worker, his earlier works show a more positive and individual view of the working-class farmer in late nineteenth-century... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/11/industry_engulf.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/11/industry_engulf.html Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:32:29 -0500 Industrialization Strikes France Hard In order to understand why Seurat would negatively comment on industry through his art, we should first look at the rise of industry in late nineteenth-century France. Although industry became an issue before the birth of... http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/11/page_one.html http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart2/2004/11/page_one.html Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:31:03 -0500