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Vocabulary: Rhythm

Rhythm

Definition A flow, movement, procedure characterized by regular, reoccurance of elements or features.
Artist Georges Seurat
Title Models
Date 1887 - Neo-Impressionism, France
Medium Oil on Canvas
Location The Barnes Foundation, Merion Statio, PA
Source 30,000 Years of Art; Phaidon Publications; ISBN: 978-0-7148-4789-4; Page 905
Example
Comments The amazing aspect of Georges Seurat's work is it is made by painting dots of unmixed colors. When viewed from a short distance, it is just a bunch of dots, kind of like looking at an old color TV up close. But when viewing from a distance, the colors blend and the picture is revealed. It was the rhythm of the dots.