Arctic Tern by John James Audubon
What’s so special about Arctic Tern, the Audubon bird painting?
• Audubon – hunter turned lover
• Blue moves the Arctic Tern
• Feet make the bird
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
Why is the painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte an emblem of Impressionist zeitgeist?
• Georges Seurat – obsessed and bullied misanthrope
• A passionate painting with dispassionate subjects
• How is A Sunday on La Grande Jatte like a mullet?
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
You know it. You might even love it. But why is Nighthawks by Edward Hopper so cool?
• Isolated details
• Smoking as distraction in Nighthawks
• Light patches create composition
• Lonely, anonymous birds