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Lecture images are here:THE ECSTASY OF SEEING: CHROMOPHOBIA AND CHROMOPHILIA
THE ECSTATIC EYE
Chromophobia and Chromophobia
1 Paul Kilsby, Morning Glory, Amsterdam, September 2009
2 Anonymous, Double Rainbow, n.d.
3 Olafur Elliason, The Weather Project, 2003 (Tate Modern Turbine Hall)
4 Yves Klein, Monochrome IKB 3, 1960
5 Anish Kapoor Wounds and Absent Objects, 1998
6 Anish Kapoor, Yellow, 1999 with the artist at the Royal Academy
7 Anish Kapoor, Yellow, 1999 at the Royal Academy
8 Anish Kapoor, Svayambh, 2007, 2009 installation
9 Anish Kapoor, Shooting into the Corner, 2009
10 The White Cube Gallery, Hoxton Square, London
11 Brian O'Doherty, Inside The White Cube, 1999
12 David Batchelor in his studio, July, 2007, from Art World, October/November issue
13 Objects collected by David Batchelor for his exhibition Unplugged, 2007
14 John Singer Sargent, Monet Painting at the Edge of a Wood, 1858
15 'Monet: Biography' (article in the Royal Academy magazine, Autumn 1999)
16 Charlotte Kemp, LoadsaMonet, The Mirror, January 25th, 1999
17 Monet Mug, £9.95
18 Monet Watch, £35, and Earrings (unpriced)
19 Monet Umbrella, £29.95, and T Shirt, £19.00
20 Monet Mouse Mat, £6.99
21 Monet Coasters, Royal Academy Limited Edition, Private Collection
22 Claude Monet, In The Garden, 1866-87
23 Johannes Vermeer, Girl With A Pearl Earring, 1665, as it appears on your retina
24 Descartes, drawing of ox eye experiment (after Kepler) from La Dioptrique, 1637
25 Schematic drawing of the neural pathways between the retinas and the right and left cerebral hemispheres
26 Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872
27 Anonymous, Cartoon, French, Late Nineteenth Century
28 David Batchelor, Chromophobia, Reaktion Books, 2002 (cited text: Charles Blanc, Grammaire des arts du dessin, 1867)
29 Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, Le Coucher de Sappho, 1867
30 Claude Monet, Boulevard des Capucines, 1873
31 Anonymous photograph, late nineteenth century
32 Emile Zola, A Restaurant, Taken from the First Floor of the Eiffel Tower, 1900
33 Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, Children at a Well, 1900
34 Edgar Degas, Place de la Concorde, 1875
35 Auguste Renoir, Place Clichy, c. 1880
36 Monet, painting in his garden at Giverny, assisted by Blanche, his daughter-in-law
37 Claude Monet, Japanese Bridge, 1889
38 Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, 1900
39 Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, 1900
40 Hockusai, The Great Wave, from 36 Views of Mount Fuji, 1829-33
41 Yoshikazu Issan, French Couple with a Camera, 1861
42 Monet's dining room at Giverny
43 Claude Monet, Camille in a Kimono, 1870
44 Katsushika Hokusai, The Sazai Pavilion and The Temple of Five Hundred Rakan, from the series Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji, 1829-33
45 Claude Monet, Terrace at Sainte Adresse, 1867
46 Claude Monet, The Rocks at Belle-Ile, 1886
47 Japanese wood block print
48 Monet's palette
49 Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral Façade, 1892 (detail of brushwork)
50 Claude Monet, Giverny, Cloudy Day, 1891
51 Claude Monet, Banks of the Epte, 1891
52 Claude Monet, Banks of the Epte, 1891
53 Claude Monet, Haystack: Snow in Sunlight, 1890-1
54 Claude Monet, Haystack: Snow, 1890-91
55 Claude Monet, Haystack at Sunset, 1890-91
56 Claude Monet, Cathedral Façades, 1890s
57 Eugène Chevreul, Colour Circle, from On Colours and their Industrial Application, 1864
58 Ogden Rood, Colour Diagram from Théorie scientifique des coloeurs, 1881
59 Alain Jacquet, Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe, 1964 (trichromatic screenprint onto canvas)
60 Georges Seurat, Un Dimanche d'été sur L' île de la Grande Jatte, 1884-6
61 Claude Monet, Interior of Sainte-Lazare Station, 1877
62 Geoges Seurat, Parade de Cirque, 1887-88 (detail)
63 Georges Seurat, La Tour Eiffel, 1889
64 Georges Seurat, Model from the Back, 1886
65 Georges Seurat, La Lucerne, Saint-Denis, 1884-85
66 Georges Seurat, Study for "Gravelines: un Soir", 1890
67 André Derain, Boats in the Port of Collioure, 1905
68 Edouard Vuillard, Woman in Blue with a Child, c.1889
69 Claude Monet, Waterlilies, Green Reflection, detail of left part
1916-1923 at the Orangerie, Paris
70 Monet in front of Waterlilies
71 Two girls figuring out Waterlilies
72 Claude Monet, Camille on her Deathbed, 1879
Suggested reading: Paul Smith, Impressionism, Everyman, 1995 (£6.99)
David Batchelor, Chromophobia, Reaktion Books, 2002
THE ECSTATIC EYE
Chromophobia and Chromophilia
1 Paul Kilsby, Morning Glory, Amsterdam, September 2009
2 Anonymous, Double Rainbow, n.d.
3 Olafur Elliason, The Weather Project, 2003 (Tate Modern Turbine Hall)
4 Yves Klein, Monochrome IKB 3, 1960
5 Anish Kapoor Wounds and Absent Objects, 1998
6 Anish Kapoor, Yellow, 1999 with the artist at the Royal Academy
7 Anish Kapoor, Yellow, 1999 at the Royal Academy
8 Anish Kapoor, Svayambh, 2007, 2009 installation
9 Anish Kapoor, Shooting into the Corner, 2009
10 The White Cube Gallery, Hoxton Square, London
11 Brian O'Doherty, Inside The White Cube, 1999
12 David Batchelor in his studio, July, 2007, from Art World, October/November issue
13 Objects collected by David Batchelor for his exhibition Unplugged, 2007
14 John Singer Sargent, Monet Painting at the Edge of a Wood, 1858
15 'Monet: Biography' (article in the Royal Academy magazine, Autumn 1999)
16 Charlotte Kemp, LoadsaMonet, The Mirror, January 25th, 1999
17 Monet Mug, £9.95
18 Monet Watch, £35, and Earrings (unpriced)
19 Monet Umbrella, £29.95, and T Shirt, £19.00
20 Monet Mouse Mat, £6.99
21 Monet Coasters, Royal Academy Limited Edition, Private Collection
22 Claude Monet, In The Garden, 1866-87
23 Johannes Vermeer, Girl With A Pearl Earring, 1665 as it appears on your retina
24 Descartes, drawing of ox eye experiment (after Kepler) from La Dioptrique, 1637
25 Schematic drawing of the neural pathways between the retinas and the right and left cerebral hemispheres
26 Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872
27 Anonymous, Cartoon, French, Late Nineteenth Century
28 David Batchelor, Chromophobia, Reaktion Books, 2002 (cited text: Charles Blanc, Grammaire des arts du dessin, 1867)
29 Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, Le Coucher de Sappho, 1867
30 Claude Monet, Boulevard des Capucines, 1873
31 Anonymous photograph, late nineteenth century
32 Emile Zola, A Restaurant, Taken from the First Floor of the Eiffel Tower, 1900
33 Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, Children at a Well, 1900
34 Edgar Degas, Place de la Concorde, 1875
35 Auguste Renoir, Place Clichy, c. 1880
36 Monet, painting in his garden at Giverny, assisted by Blanche, his daughter-in-law
37 Claude Monet, Japanese Bridge, 1889
38 Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, 1900
39 Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, 1900
40 Hockusai, The Great Wave, from 36 Views of Mount Fuji, 1829-33
41 Yoshikazu Issan, French Couple with a Camera, 1861
42 Monet's dining room at Giverny
43 Claude Monet, Camille in a Kimono, 1870
44 Katsushika Hokusai, The Sazai Pavilion and The Temple of Five Hundred Rakan, from the series Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji, 1829-33
45 Claude Monet, Terrace at Sainte Adresse, 1867
46 Claude Monet, The Rocks at Belle-Ile, 1886
47 Japanese wood block print
48 Monet's palette
49 Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral Façade, 1892 (detail of brushwork)
50 Claude Monet, Giverny, Cloudy Day, 1891
51 Claude Monet, Banks of the Epte, 1891
52 Claude Monet, Banks of the Epte, 1891
53 Claude Monet, Haystack: Snow in Sunlight, 1890-1
54 Claude Monet, Haystack: Snow, 1890-91
55 Claude Monet, Haystack at Sunset, 1890-91
56 Claude Monet, Cathedral Façades, 1890s
57 Eugène Chevreul, Colour Circle, from On Colours and their Industrial Application, 1864
58 Ogden Rood, Colour Diagram from Théorie scientifique des coloeurs, 1881
59 Alain Jacquet, Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe, 1964 (trichromatic screenprint onto canvas)
60 Georges Seurat, Un Dimanche d'été sur L' île de la Grande Jatte, 1884-6
61 Claude Monet, Interior of Sainte-Lazare Station, 1877
62 Geoges Seurat, Parade de Cirque, 1887-88 (detail)
63 Georges Seurat, La Tour Eiffel, 1889
64 Georges Seurat, Model from the Back, 1886
65 Georges Seurat, La Lucerne, Saint-Denis, 1884-85
66 Georges Seurat, Study for "Gravelines: un Soir", 1890
67 André Derain, Boats in the Port of Collioure, 1905
68 Edouard Vuillard, Woman in Blue with a Child, c.1889
69 Claude Monet, Waterlilies, Green Reflection, detail of left part
1916-1923 at the Orangerie, Paris
70 Monet in front of Waterlilies
71 Two girls figuring out Waterlilies
72 Claude Monet, Camille on her Deathbed, 1879
Suggested reading: Paul Smith, Impressionism, Everyman, 1995 (£6.99)
David Batchelor, Chromophobia, Reaktion Books, 2002
Claude Oscar Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840. Soon after, his family moved to Le Havre, where he spent his youth. His acquaintance with Eugène Boudin lead to Monet seriously pursuing his education as a painter in 1858. Boudin and Jongkind taught Monet to always work in the field in front of his motif. The following year Monet went to Paris anyway to begin academic training. He joined the 'Akademie Suisse' and joined his later fellow painters from the Impressionist group, especially when painting together "en plein air" in the forest of Fontainebleau. Their constant struggle was to have their pictures exhibited at the official 'Salon de Paris', where the conservative jury mostly declined their paintings. Because of the lack of acceptance of his artwork, Monet and his small family had to live in dire poverty for many years. In 1879 his first wife Camille, with whom he had two children, died. Monet's art had meanwhile developed from withdrawn color paintings to form an independent Impressionist style. With his famous painting 'Impression: soleil levant', Claude Monet named one of the most important genres of Avant-garde art. Some art lovers, especially the art dealer Durand-Ruel, supported him financially. Very gradually, a market developed for his pictures. In 1883 Claude Monet managed to earn enough money to move to Giverny, west of Paris, where he managed to buy the house he had been renting in 1890. He now had a place to return to after his frequent travels and the garden of his property, which he later managed to extend, provided constant inspiration for his work at home. In 1891 Monet painted the first of his famous series: the "meules" (haystacks) were followed by pictures of poplars and the river Seine, the cathedral of Rouen, the river Thames in London and many more. His exhibitions were great successes and Monet became a celebrated artist. In 1892 he married Alice Hoschedé, who brought more children into the family. From the turn of the century, the water lilies on the specially designed pond in Giverny and the picturesque wooden bridge in Japanese style became Monet's favorite motifs. In 1911 Alice died. In 1916, at the age of 76, Monet started his largest project: the creation of the famous wall decoration depicting the pond with the water lillies (now in Paris). In the 1920s his eyesight deteriorated and he had to have surgery, but he still did his utmost to continue painting. Shortly before his death on December 5, 1926 Monet finished his water lily paintings. Today Claude Monet is regarded as the most well known Impressionist artist. His late work is increasingly considered to be the precursor for the abstraction of the 20th century.