Sponsors Preface 6(1) Foreword 7(1) Neil MacGregor Introduction 8(3) 1 Seurat: The Early Years 11(40) The Early Drawings 16(12) Paintings and Studies in Oil 28(14) Seurat and Colour Theory 42(9) 2 The Bathers: Making a Masterpiece 51(34) The Oil Studies 52(12) The Drawings for the Bathers 64(4) Making the Final Picture 68(2) The Evolution of the Composition 70(6) Colour and Colour Effect in the Bathers 76(9) 3 Seurats Choices: The Bathers and its Contexts 85(67) Adapting the Ideal 85(11) Representing the Modern 96(10) The `Modern Landscape 106(14) 1884: Rejection and Response 120(12) Characterising the Bathers 126(6) The Echo of the Bathers 132(20) Representing the Suburbs after 1884 132(14) The Continuity of the Classical 146(6) Chronology 152(2) Lenders to the Exhibition 154(1) Works in the Exhibition 155(4) Bibliography 159(5) Index 164(4) Photographic Credits 168
