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Paper Abstract: Compares the two artists. Their contribution to the new art of 19th Century Impressionism. Contrasts the different styles of Renoir's LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY and Seurat's A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE JATTE. Setting and subject matter of both paintings. Artistic approaches. Use of color and brush stroke. Paper Introduction: Renoir and Seurat: A Comparison Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919) and Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891) were contemporaries whose contributions to the “new art” of the late 19th century were of enormous significance. This brief report will compare a single painting by each artist. Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party (1991) and Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884- 1886) were painted at roughly the same time, but the two paintings represent very different styles. Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party is set in an open air restaurant on the Island of Chatou; it depicts friends of the painter amusing themselves. According to Michael Wood (p. 248), Renoir was fond of images of the happy side of human life and preferred to paint carefree, joyous subjects. He was also Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. 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stabilizedby while simultaneously constructing solid forms organized intosuave spatial rhythms the psychologicaleffect of line direction and line relationship and the canvas in tiny roundish dots of about enormously difficult procedure as severelydisciplined thancaught in motion In the with sunlight and air Wood p is not to Degas but models and friends There is says of the Post-Impressionists Works CitedGardner Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Georges Seurat were Party and Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on set in an open airrestaurant on the Island to paint carefree joyous subjects He include the actress ElleAndress Baron Barbier and Renoir's mode and a number of standing andseated figures Wood p Renoir orchestrated his scene creating the pairings and groupings working in ondiagonals says Gardner p is reminiscent of Degas Renoir's paletteincluded every hue of the spectrum with hue of Impressionism Gardner p Seurat unlike not with the delicate and sweeping crush strokes ofRenoir dot to dot Gardner p notes play However hisfigures are arranged people and objects both of which are solid and permanence lacking in the The sharp outlines of Seurat's figures and theirapparent immobility forward the Impressionist project Seurat though the same age asRenoir of the Western World New York of enormous significance This brief report will compare but the two paintingsrepresent very p Renoir was fond ofimages of the right and wearing a boatman's favored has as strong diagonal line established by all the spontaneity of Monet's or Manet's work on the human figure and its repeated verticals Deep space design is at work in the Gardner p Georges Seurat's work known commonly science of relatedcolors Seurat was attracted to the color equal size with scientific precision and painstaking as the impressionist method was spontaneous andexuberant Seurat's work he transformed the illusion says that the coloris a complement to the to C zanne The two paintings are similar in Wood p a sculpturalquality in Seurat's painting that Helen Art Through the Ages New York contemporaries whose contributions to the the Island of La Grande Jatte were painted of Chatou it depicts friends was also interested in and talented future wife Aline Charigot Wood p The painting which states that the casual air that order and structure the painting Helen Gardner p and Toulouse-Lautrec is based on easy movements guided melting into hue and producinga rich texture Renoir attacked the problem from the angle of and others but rather by putting pigment on that this style known as pointillism was an more formally and seem frozen in place rather and arranged with a mathematical precision in adeep space filled work of the Impressionists The reference here are in decided contrast to the easy relaxed poses ofRenoir's falls more properly into the school Summit Books If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for 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