talon57@well.com said:
>  "A Sunday on La Grade Jatte-1884"
> www.artic.edu/aic/collections/eurptg/28pc_seurat.html 
Thanks for the pointer, Brian.  The reduction they had to do to put it on 
the web loses all the technique in the original.
I have a short article on my home page (http://discuss.foresight.org/~hibber
t/art.html) explaining how this kind of effect can be a good thing.  
There's a middle school near my home at which the students have painted 
mural reproductions of works by great masters.  (La Grade Jatte might even 
be there.  I know there's some Seurat)  The kids miss all the technique in 
the originals, leaving you to contemplate the difference that makes a 
difference on your own.
I haven't seen the original of La Grade Jatte, or even a good reproduction, 
so I'll have to try to get to Chicago sometime.
Chris 
---
             C. J. Cherryh, "Invader", on why we visit very old buildings:
                         "A sense of age, of profound truths.  Respect for 
Chris Hibbert        something hands made, that's stood through storms and
hibbert@netcom.com   wars and time.  It persuades us that things we do may
                                                         last and matter."
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