Seurat's Dots: A Shot Heard ’Round the Art World—Fired by an Artist, Inspired by a Scientist

Joseph L. Goldstein

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.051

Seurat's Dots: A Shot Heard ’Round the Art World—Fired by an Artist, Inspired by a Scientist

Joseph L. Goldstein

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Abstract

The iconic phrase “a shot heard ’round the world” signifies an exceptional event. Seurat's masterpiece La Grande Jatte, painted with many thousand dots of color, came as a shot to the art world—a shot fired by the imagination of the artist and inspired by the color theories of a scientist.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	46-50
Number of pages	5
Journal	Cell
Volume	179
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.051
State	Published - Sep 19 2019

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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