Seurat, Sunday afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte red

Note: In the foreground, a “mock” turtle has replace the monkeys (referential to prostitutes at the time) in the original painting.  According to Walter Benjamin, 19^th century Parisian “flâneurs liked to have the turtles set the pace for them.” = “The Paris of the Second Empire in Baudelaire,” in Charles Baudelaire: A Lyric Poet in the Era of High Capitalism. 1938

photo source: Saturday in the Park with Friends Painting Seurat on the Rock River

Tags: flâneur, Grande Jatte, Seurat

• January 12, 2012
• Seurat
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