Sunday Afternoon ☷ Seurat ☵ Canvas architecture The painting's creation was fictionalized

The painting's creation was fictionalized as a historical novel in 1999

The painting also suggests sensory experience beyond simply viewing the scene

one of many he painted of the seaside town

It depicts Christ's disciples struggling against a heavy storm as a huge wave tosses the boat and rips the sail

Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665) by Johannes Vermeer

Sunday Afternoon ☷ Seurat ☵ Canvas architecture The painting's creation was fictionalizedA Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1886) by Georges Seurat is his most famous painting, and a major example of pointillism. The painting depicts Parisians at a park on the banks of the River Seine. Some of the character details include a woman with a pet monkey on a leash, and in the painting's center, a little girl dressed in white stares out of the canvas. The painting was the basis for the 1984 Broadway musical Sunday in the Park