Center: 
Nantes
Discipline(s): 
Art History
Course code: 
AH 314
Terms offered: 
Spring
Credits: 
3
Language of instruction: 
French
Instructor: 
Dr Catherine Molteni
Description: 

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.

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)