Artistic movements in France from the beginning of the 17th century to the French Revolution in 1789.
Prerequisites:
None
Method of presentation:
Lecture and discussion with visual support and architectural visits.
Required work and form of assessment:
Analysis of an art work (oral) (5%), Participation/attendance/returned questionnaires (10%), term paper (20%), mid-term (25%) and final exam (40%).
content:
Part I: 17th Century
Elaboration of pictorial space
Religious crisis and artistic movements
Painter of shadow: G. DE LA TOUR
Painters of Reality?: LE NAIN Brothers
Painter of light: LE LORRAIN
Painter of Classicism: POUSSIN
L’Académie Royale de Peinture and LE BON
Architecture: Classicism under the reign of LOUIS XIV
17th Century still-life paintings
Visits: Cathedral and Chapelle de l’oratoire
Part II: 18th Century
18th Century Art
Painter of Emotion: WATTEAU
Colors and Textures: BOUCHER
Pictorial materiality: FRAGONARD
Painter of Silence: CHARDIN
Neoclassicism: DAVID
Architecture: 18th Century
Visits: Art Museum of Angers
Ile Feydeau and Cours Cambronne
Required readings:
Faure, Elie. Histoire de l'Art. Paris: Folio, 1987.
or Francastel, Pierre. Histoire de la peinture française. Paris: Denoël, 1990.
Gombrich, Ernst. Histoire de l’Art. Paris: Flammarion, 1986.
Lavedan, Pierre. Monuments de France. Arthaud, 1970. (available in the IES library)
Recommended readings:
Architectural
Lelièvre, Pierre. L'architecture française. Paris: PUF, 1963.
Denizeau, Gérard. Larousse des Monuments de France.
Painting
Dictionnaire de la peinture française. Paris: Larousse, 1989.
Dictionnaire de la peinture italienne. Paris: Larousse, 1989.
Dictionnaire de la peinture flamande et hollandaise. Paris: Larousse, 1989.
Toute l'oeuvre peinte de... ( Various painters.). Collection “Les classiques de l’art”
La peinture française du XVe au XVIIIe siècle. 4 vols, Skira, 1992.
French Classicism: Art And Architecture
Artistic movements in France from the beginning of the 17th century to the French Revolution in 1789.
None
Lecture and discussion with visual support and architectural visits.
Analysis of an art work (oral) (5%), Participation/attendance/returned questionnaires (10%), term paper (20%), mid-term (25%) and final exam (40%).
Part I: 17th Century
Elaboration of pictorial space
Religious crisis and artistic movements
Painter of shadow: G. DE LA TOUR
Painters of Reality?: LE NAIN Brothers
Painter of light: LE LORRAIN
Painter of Classicism: POUSSIN
L’Académie Royale de Peinture and LE BON
Architecture: Classicism under the reign of LOUIS XIV
17th Century still-life paintings
Visits: Cathedral and Chapelle de l’oratoire
Part II: 18th Century
18th Century Art
Painter of Emotion: WATTEAU
Colors and Textures: BOUCHER
Pictorial materiality: FRAGONARD
Painter of Silence: CHARDIN
Neoclassicism: DAVID
Architecture: 18th Century
Visits: Art Museum of Angers
Ile Feydeau and Cours Cambronne
Faure, Elie. Histoire de l'Art. Paris: Folio, 1987.
or Francastel, Pierre. Histoire de la peinture française. Paris: Denoël, 1990.
Gombrich, Ernst. Histoire de l’Art. Paris: Flammarion, 1986.
Lavedan, Pierre. Monuments de France. Arthaud, 1970. (available in the IES library)
Architectural
Lelièvre, Pierre. L'architecture française. Paris: PUF, 1963.
Denizeau, Gérard. Larousse des Monuments de France.
Painting
Dictionnaire de la peinture française. Paris: Larousse, 1989.
Dictionnaire de la peinture italienne. Paris: Larousse, 1989.
Dictionnaire de la peinture flamande et hollandaise. Paris: Larousse, 1989.
Toute l'oeuvre peinte de... ( Various painters.). Collection “Les classiques de l’art”
La peinture française du XVe au XVIIIe siècle. 4 vols, Skira, 1992.
Museums and exhibits catalogs.