Claude Monet's "Haystacks at Chailly at Sunrise"
History
Artistic Techniques
Science of Colour Vision
Perceptual Analysis of Impressionist Art
Resources

Resources

Monet's "Water Lillies"

Claude Monet
Water Lilies (The Clouds)
1903
Oil on canvas
74.6 x 105.3 cm (29 3/8 x 41 7/16 in.)
Private collection

Online Resources
Douma, Michael. "Light, Color, and Vision." The Science of Vision and the Emergence of Art. Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement. 5 May 2007 <http://webexhibits.org/colorart/>.
Harden, Mark. The Artchive. 5 May 2007 <www.artchive.com>.
"Impressionism." Impressionism. Seattle Art Museum. 5 May 2007 <www.impressionism.org>.

Text Sources Available Online
Bomford, David. "The History of Colour in Art." 5 May 2007 <http://sirl.stanford.edu/~bob/teaching/pdf/arth202/Bomford_ColourArtScience_sm.pdf>.

Bibliography
Dunning, William V. Changing Images of Pictorial Space. 1st ed. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1991.
Sekuler, Robert, and Randolph Blake. "Color Perception." Perception. Europe: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001. 283-304.
Willats, John. Art and Representation. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1997.

Lecture Notes from CG0011
Colour Vision taken on April 2, 2007
Colour Effects taken on April 4, 2007

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  Carolyn Lee

CG0011 Perception, Illusion, and the Visual Arts

May 7, 2007