Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Parody

 Georges Seurat "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" 

NBC's "The Office" Poster 

Seurat's "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" was part of the post impressionism movement. The work was done between the year 1884-1886. Seurat uses the technique of pointillism which consists of painting using small dots instead of brush strokes. He was innovative and ahead of his time. He also used lots of symbolism in his work and depicted the wealthier class. 

Looking at the poster for the upcoming season of NBC's "The Office" it is fairly obvious it is a parody of Seurat's work. Even though the poster does not feature as much symbolism, such as the monkey, it still depicts an almost exact setting. The way the people are portrayed, their umbrellas and even the way their are sitting all resemble "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte". Although the major difference in these two would be that Seurat's is created using pointillism where "The Office" poster is not.