Machine-Aquarium. Claude Monet et la peinture submergée. Amérique du nord Les éléments de fabrication /

Les éléments de fabrication / Les inscrustations / La glyptique

200 years ago

THE AUTHORS:

His incessant dialogue with light and matter allowed me to study his staging

of supports and of themes

Machine-Aquarium. Claude Monet et la peinture submergée. Amérique du nord Les éléments de fabrication /It is a strange liquid diorama that envelops the visitor in Water Lilies of the Orangerie, confronted with this water of pigments like the glass panel of an aquarium. The aquarium is this machine for seeing differently, where things move as if weightless and floating, and which immediately inspires painting and the nascent cinematography with the novelty of its spectacle. Perceived by artists, philosophers and writers of the late 19th century century