Reading Resources for Deleuze's ON PAINTING
One of the interesting things about reading Deleuze's lectures is that you can see how he works with texts, and in this case paintings as well. He makes a point out of deciding not to show many works during the lecture. As he puts it: the challenge is not just to see what philosophy might learn from painting in terms of concepts, but also to wrestle with talking about painting. But if we are to take his argument about painting being an analog language seriously, it makes sense to see this language in the original, so to speak. So below are some jumping-off points for those reading along at home...
Note: We started this process in the middle of our reading, but the plan is to cycle back around and fill in the early sessions next. If you have suggestions for links to include, send us an email at op@openpractices.org!
Session 6
- Goethe, Theory of Colours
- Eugène Delacroix
- The Impressionists
- Joseph Mallord William Turner, Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory)
- Paul Gauguin
- Paul Cézanne
- Ancient Egyptian Artworks
- Ancient Greek Artworks
Session 7
- Eugène Delacroix
- Saint-Sulpice Chapel Decorations
- Paul Signac
- Claude Monet
- Camille Pissarro
- J. M. W. Turner
- John Constable
- Vincent van Gogh
Session 8
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Georges Seurat
- Camille Pissarro
- Paul Cézanne
- Vincent van Gogh
- Paul Gauguin
- Eugène Delacroix
- Paul Signac