CREATION

MYTHOLOGY OF PLANET

Impression, Sunrise (Claude Monet)

The mythology of the Rowan tree

The mythology of the cauldron

While writing in Putnam Valley

Life of Pi

Vertumnus: Portrait of Rudolph II (Giuseppe Arcimboldo)

The mythology of the lotus

The mythology of the chinese phoenix

The legend of 1000 cranes

The dream of the three white cranes

Trees in mythology

Butterfly mythology

Fireflies

Eclipse mythology

Salamander mythology

Luna moth

Fish gods

Rocks in mythology

Fire mythology

Prometheus and the theft of fire

Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte (Georges Seurat)

SUMMER 2008

SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE JATTE (GEORGES SEURAT)

Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte. Georges Seurat. 1884. Art Institute of Chicago.   Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82), American poet This painting, two years in its execution, is an example of pointillism. In pointillism, small distinct points of primary color are placed next to each other on the canvas and the mind blends them, creating the impression of secondary and tertiary colors. Designated as one of the most significant paintings of the 19th Century, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte altered the course of modern art and marks the beginning of neo-impressionism.