An examination of artistic movements in France from the early 19th century to the birth of the modern movement in the 20th century.
Prerequisites:
None
Method of presentation:
Lecture and discussion with visual support; field trips to museums and architectural field study visits.
Required work and form of assessment:
Attendance and participation (10%), assignments (25%), mid-term (25%), and final exam (40%).
content:
Part I: 19th Century
Introduction: Neo-classicism and Classicism: DAVID, INGRES
Romanticism: DELACROIX
Realism: MILLET, DAUMIER, COURBET
The precursor of Impressionism: MANET
Impressionism: MONET
Impressionism: DEGAS
Post-Impressionism: SEURAT
Symbolism in Europe
CEZANNE
VAN GOGH
GAUGUIN
19th Century sculpture: RODIN
19th Century architecture
Architectural visit: Passage Pommeraye
Part II: 20th Century
Mid-Term
Fauvism: MATISSE
Cubism: PICASSO, BRAQUE
Abstract art
Architecture: International Style
Architectural visit: La Cité du Corbusier
Dadaism: DUCHAMP, HAUSSMAN, SCWITTERS
Surrealism: DALI, MIRO, MASSON, MAGRITTE…
Sculpture: PICASSO, GIACOMETTI, BRANCUSI
Architectural visit: Jean Nouvel’s Palais de Justice
Visit : Art Museum of Angers
Required readings:
Francastel, P. Histoire de la peinture française. Ed. Denoël Médiations, 1997.
Recommended readings:
Bataille, Manet, Paris: Skira, 1996.
Brassaï, Conversation avec Picasso, Paris: Idées Gallimard, 1990.
Cézanne, Correspondance, Paris: Grasset, 1995.
Delacroix, Journal, Paris: Ed. Plon, 1996.
Gombrich, E., Histoire de l’art, Flammarion, 1986.
Huysmans, L'art moderne, Paris: 10x18, 1996.
Matisse, Ecrits sur l'art, Hermann.
Signac, D’E. Delacroix au Néo-impressionnisme, ED. Hermann, 1987.
Valery, Degas - Danse – Dessin, Paris: Idées Gallimard, 1998.
Vallier D., L’art abstrait, Pluriel Hachette, 1992.
Van Gogh, Correspondance, Paris: Grasset.
Zola, Ecrits sur l'art, Paris: Garnier Flammarion, 1991.
Other Resources:
Watch VHS and DVS on Art
Consult books on the different painters
(videos and books are available at IES, and in libraries such as La Médiathèque and Bibliothèque de l’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Nantes)
French 19th and 20th Century Art
An examination of artistic movements in France from the early 19th century to the birth of the modern movement in the 20th century.
None
Lecture and discussion with visual support; field trips to museums and architectural field study visits.
Attendance and participation (10%), assignments (25%), mid-term (25%), and final exam (40%).
Part I: 19th Century
Introduction: Neo-classicism and Classicism: DAVID, INGRES
Romanticism: DELACROIX
Realism: MILLET, DAUMIER, COURBET
The precursor of Impressionism: MANET
Impressionism: MONET
Impressionism: DEGAS
Post-Impressionism: SEURAT
Symbolism in Europe
CEZANNE
VAN GOGH
GAUGUIN
19th Century sculpture: RODIN
19th Century architecture
Architectural visit: Passage Pommeraye
Part II: 20th Century
Mid-Term
Fauvism: MATISSE
Cubism: PICASSO, BRAQUE
Abstract art
Architecture: International Style
Architectural visit: La Cité du Corbusier
Dadaism: DUCHAMP, HAUSSMAN, SCWITTERS
Surrealism: DALI, MIRO, MASSON, MAGRITTE…
Sculpture: PICASSO, GIACOMETTI, BRANCUSI
Architectural visit: Jean Nouvel’s Palais de Justice
Visit : Art Museum of Angers
Francastel, P. Histoire de la peinture française. Ed. Denoël Médiations, 1997.
Bataille, Manet, Paris: Skira, 1996.
Brassaï, Conversation avec Picasso, Paris: Idées Gallimard, 1990.
Cézanne, Correspondance, Paris: Grasset, 1995.
Delacroix, Journal, Paris: Ed. Plon, 1996.
Gombrich, E., Histoire de l’art, Flammarion, 1986.
Huysmans, L'art moderne, Paris: 10x18, 1996.
Matisse, Ecrits sur l'art, Hermann.
Signac, D’E. Delacroix au Néo-impressionnisme, ED. Hermann, 1987.
Valery, Degas - Danse – Dessin, Paris: Idées Gallimard, 1998.
Vallier D., L’art abstrait, Pluriel Hachette, 1992.
Van Gogh, Correspondance, Paris: Grasset.
Zola, Ecrits sur l'art, Paris: Garnier Flammarion, 1991.
(videos and books are available at IES, and in libraries such as La Médiathèque and Bibliothèque de l’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Nantes)