Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Seurat's Sunday Afternoon

Wow. These folks took the time to restage George Seurat's “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of LaGrande Jatte.” It looks really great. See more about it here:

http://flickr.com/photos/oldonliner/179768787/

I'm impressed by the amount of organization this must have taken, right down to the sailboat and the black dog. But what, couldn't they find a monkey? (See the monkey in the original at the feet of the woman with the umbrella?) People just don't pay attention to detail like they once did.

Once again, I found this via the blog of blogs, Heading East (http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/). I have to give Mr. Gutierrez his due props (or is that his "props due" ?)

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:40 PM

    Pretty incredible re-creation! I'd like to see Van Gogh's "Bedroom", or something by Modigliani with all those long faces!

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  2. We tried to re-create Van Gogh's self-portrait with the um, bandaged ear here at the house, but we chickened out!

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