Georges Seurat, French
A) A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884
B) Super Bowl Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884
Oil on canvas
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THROWBACK FRIDAY: MASTERPIECE #1876 (2/1/18)
BRAVO, well done
Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here, here, here, here (archived if necessary), here, here, here (can be read in full for free on Fridays), here, here, here, here, here (archived if necessary), and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more).
/// Peer in close and see, to your delight,
there’s a thousand points (or more) of light
and dark pigment applied,
because Georges Seurat tried
to get paint pixilation done right.
/// Seurat’s not a devout, holy chap. Sure,
that is why he remained here to capture
on canvas with paint,
(because he’s no Saint),
scenes before and then after the rapture.
/// True believers know something profound:
At the rapture, a trumpet will sound.
Check “scene A” and you’ll see,
standing under a tree,
there’s a trumpeter in the midground.
/// Yet, it seems odd that these people here
are so godly that they’d disappear.
Did they come here to pray
on this church-going day?
Dogs and monkey gone, too. Very queer!
/// Yes, “All dogs go to Heaven,” we’re told.
Dogs are loving and loyal— I’m sold!
But, do monkeys get saved?
At the Scopes trial some raved:
evolution leaves pious folks cold.
/// Who can say what makes someone deserving
to ascend up to heaven unswerving?
If the rapture takes place,
some “of faith” will lose face,
left behind with Zhang, Achmed and Irving.