Seurat's Dots: A Shot Heard 'Round the Art World-Fired by an Artist, Inspired by a Scientist.
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Abstract
The iconic phrase "a shot heard 'round the world" signifies an exceptional event. Seurat's masterpiece La Grande Jatte, painted with many thousand dots of color, came as a shot to the art world-a shot fired by the imagination of the artist and inspired by the color theories of a scientist.
Medical subject headings
- Awards and Prizes
- Color
- Color Perception
- Creativity
- Optical Illusions
- Paintings