Art Analysis: La Grande Jatte
This piece, La Grande Jatte, was created by Georges Seurat. If you have seen the cult classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, you might recognize it as the painting that frightens Cameron in the museum. If you are yet to watch it, though, I highly recommend, I’ll explain. One of the main characters, Cameron, stands and stares into the face of the little girl in the white dress featured in La Grande Jatte. The shot switches between his face and the little girl’s, getting nearer with every trade. Cameron wears an anxious look because he realizes that the closer you look, the less there is to see. This symbolizes Cameron’s fear that the closer you look at him, the less there is to see. As for the piece itself, it was created shortly after another painting by Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières. The two pieces actually mirror one another. In one, each character welcomes the sunlight and sits comfortably under its rays. In the other, everyone seems to be avoiding the sun, whether it be under a tree or with an umbrella. The duality of these pieces is meant to portray and put into perspective a double-edged society.
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