Tag Archives: Christopher Benfey

ASPIRING ONLY TO SILENCE

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dave

In “The Painter of Modern Life,” Baudelaire is the first to define Modernism and does so as a conjunction of the eternal and the ephemeral. To find that element of the eternal in the ephemeral which Baudelaire saw as embodying … Continue reading →

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SEURAT: Trying To Connect The DOTS

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dave

…Seurat suspended work on the large canvas until the fall. When Seurat resumed work on La Grande Jatte in October 1885, he incorporated his new divisionist technique and color theories that he began formulating during the summer while painting in Grandcamp. For … Continue reading →