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2 unusual facts about A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte


Supervenience

In aesthetics, the beauty of La Grande Jatte might supervene on the physical composition of the painting (the specific molecules that make up the painting), the artistic composition of the painting (in this case, dots), the figures and forms of the painted image, or the painted canvas as a whole.

Zinc chromate

This effect can be seen in Georges Seurat's famous painting: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.


HTO Park

The umbrellas were designed to evoke the Georges Seurat painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.


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