Photographie autochrome et impressionnisme : le paradigme de la couleur-lumière

Autochrome Photography and Impressionism : the paradigm of color and light. Based on research by psycho-physiologists, the scientific theories of color that came into being during the second half of the 19th century, nurtured the new concepts of visual culture that were established at the turn of the century. In 1907, the invention of the first industrial color photography process, autochromy, lead to direct comparisons between photography and painting : photography demonstrates the scientific validity of Impressionism and Pointillism and painting, also, offers a legitimate aesthetic to the new-born process of autochromy. The relationship of these two mediums, based their heritage in the scientific theory of color — and not that of iconography — then, allowed the ties which bonded scientific, technical and aesthetic achievements to be examined.Boulouch Nathalie. Photographie autochrome et impressionnisme : le paradigme de la couleur-lumière. In: Histoire de l'art, N°39, 1997. La couleur. pp. 69-75