The Lagoon of Saint Mark, Venice on a lagoon in Venice, and is a testament to Signac's skill with seascape imagery. The work is constructed with brilliant hues of blues and greens juxtaposing one another. When standing close to the painting, the only discernible features are the brush strokes; this technique of painting was labeled, Pointillism, by Seurat. Artists using this technique along with Seurat became known as Neo-Impressionists. "The Lagoon" of Saint Mark, Venice, is in the background, gondolas in the middle ground, and docks can be seen in the foreground. The sky is awash with pastel purple and blue and large clouds appear throughout
Saint Emeric of Hungary that Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer and the namesake of the Americas, was named after the saint. Saint Emeric of Hungary Saint Emeric () also "Henricus", "Emery," "Emerick," "Emmerich", "Emericus" or "Americus" (c. 1007 – 2 September 1031) was the son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. Emeric is assumed to be the second son of Stephen I. Named after his uncle, St. Henry II, he was the only one of Stephen's sons who reached adulthood. Emeric was educated in a strict and ascetic spirit by the Benedictine monk from Venice, Gerard from the age