Painting and the Question of Concepts: Lecture 8, 02 June 1981

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By Gilles Deleuze

Lecture given by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze at the University of Paris 8, 02 June 1981. This is lecture 8 of an 8-lecture seminar Deleuze taught between March and June 1981.

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The Deleuze Seminars is a collection of audio recordings, transcriptions, and English translations of, and supplemental materials from, the lectures French philosopher Gilles Deleuze gave during his career at the University of Paris 8.

“Painting and the Question of Concepts” was an 8-lecture seminar given from late March to early June of 1981. In this seminar, Deleuze critiques aesthetic theories which treat art as ‘representation’, presenting instead his own aesthetic concepts. Many of the concepts and works of art discussed herein also appear in Deleuze’s book published the same year, Francis Bacon-Logique de la sensation (Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation), making “Painting and the Question of Concepts” an important companion to Deleuze’s book.

In the 02 June 1981 lecture, Deleuze defines color schemes (régimes) according to three ‘characters’ (caractères). Topics of discussion include: Renaissance painting; Flemish/Netherlandish painter Jan Van Eyck and his ‘secret’; Breton painter and writer Xavier de Langlais (Langleiz), and his The Technique of Oil Painting; 17th century color schemes (régimes); Luminism; Italian painters Caravaggio, Tintoretto, and Titian; Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens; Goethe on ‘glaze’ (le glacis); Danish-French painter Camille Pissarro; Georges Seurat; Cézanne; diagram; code and color; the return to a flat color scheme (régimes) with van Gogh and Paul Gauguin; the ‘ribbon-structure’ (la structure-ruban); Schopenhauer and color; and German-born American artist Josef Albers and his color theory.

This dataset includes: two mp3 recordings of the lecture (total time, 2:16:53), an aggregate version of the audio recordings into a single mp3, and the complete French transcription of the recorded lecture in both pdf (31 pp) and plain text.

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Les Séminaires de Deleuze sont une collection d'enregistrements audio, de transcriptions et de traductions en anglais et de documents complémentaires des conférences que le philosophe français Gilles Deleuze a donné lors de sa carrière à l'Université de Paris 8.

«La peinture et la question des concepts» était un séminaire de 8 conférences donné de fin mars à début juin 1981. Dans ce séminaire, Deleuze critique les théories esthétiques qui traitent l'art comme «représentation», présentant ses propres concepts esthétiques. Beaucoup de concepts et d'œuvres d'art décrites ici apparaissent également dans le livre de Deleuze publié la même année, Francis Bacon-Logique de la sensation, faisant de «La peinture et de la question des concepts» un important compagnon de le livre de Deleuze.

Dans la lecture du 02 juin 1981, Deleuze définit les régimes de la couleur selon trois caractères. Les sujets de discussion comprennent: la peinture de la Renaissance; le peintre flamand/néerlandais Jan Van Eyck et son «secret»; le peintre et écrivain breton Xavier de Langlais (Langleiz) et son La technique de la peinture à l'huile; les régimes de le couleur du 17ème siècle; le Luminisme; les peintres italiens Caravage, Tintoret et Titien; l'artiste flamand Peter Paul Rubens; Goethe et le glacis; le peintre danois-français Camille Pissarro; Georges Seurat; Cézanne; Diagramme; code et couleur; le retour au régime de l’aplat avec Van Gogh et Paul Gauguin; la structure-ruban; Schopenhauer et couleur; et l'artiste américain né à l'allemand Josef Albers et sa théorie des couleurs.

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This research has been generously supported through a grant from the College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University.

The description of this dataset is based on the meticulous work of Frédéric Astier, whose Les cours enregistrés de Gilles Deleuze, 1979-1987 has catalogued Deleuze’s seminars for those years.

Special thanks to the family of Gilles Deleuze and the University of Paris 8 for permission to reproduce the material published here.

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