Sandrine Maurial

"A light alchemy : pigment and pixel as atoms of color " ... under its various states, from the color/matter to the color/light, insisting on its real texture as well.
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Sandrine Maurial "A light alchemy : pigment and pixel as atoms of color " Ph.D. in Arts (History, Theory, Praxis) Mention Visual Arts, defended in december 2005, Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3 University, 397 p.

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This artistic and philosophical reflection approaches the color phenomenon through a transverse way, by weaving bonds between the pigments of the « traditional » painter and the pixels of the « digital » artist. This relation underlines the interaction between the matter and light, which are both constitutive components of color. Thus, color can be explored from its smallest components while releasing its mysterious dimension, as well as its social and cultural resonance. As regards art history, the treatment of color by artists depends on scientific research and technological rise, while reflecting the current state of the society in which the artist evolves. Artists have tried out color under its various states, from the color/matter to the color/light, insisting on its real texture as well as on the virtual one. Nowadays, digital color is being propagated from the computer science to the artistic field, preserving its material memory.