Paris, France - Course Descriptions - French Civilization and Literature

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Each lecture is illustrated with about 200 pictures by using a power point presentation.

Lecture 1: From prehistory to the end of Middle Ages

• History: Prehistory, the Gaul, the barbarian invasions, the Middle Ages
• Art
• Literature in the Middle Ages

Lecture 2: The XVIth century: The Renaissance period

• History: Valois, the Bourbons
• Art: architecture (the first Renaissance period and the second Renaissance period), sculpture, painting
• Literature

Lecture 3: The XVIIth century (1st part)

• History: The regency of Mary de Medicis, Louis XIII, the regency of Anne of Austria
• Art: - Religious architecture, civilian architecture

1. Sculpture
2. Painting (baroque and classical influence)

• Literature

Lecture 4: The XVIIthe century (2nd part)

• History: Louis XIV (internal and external politics)
• Art: architecture, internal decoration, sculpture, painting
• Literature

Lecture 5: The XVIIIth century (1st part)

• History: the regency of Philippe of Orleans, ministry of the Duke of Bourbon, ministry of Fleury and personal reign of Louis XV
• Art: - architecture (the rococo and the return of the classical lines)

1. Internal decoration
2. Sculpture
3. Painting

• Literature

Lecture 6: The XVIIIth century (2nd part)

• History: Louis XVI, the revolutionary period and the Directory
• Art: architecture, sculpture, internal decoration, painting
• Literature

Lecture 7: The XIXth century (1st part)

• History: The consulate, the Empire, the 1st Restoration, the 2nd Restoration and the Julyn Monarchy
• Art: architecture, sculpture, internal decoration, painting
• Literature

Lecture 8: The XIXth century (2nd part)

• History: The Second Republic, the Second Empire and the Third Republic
• Art: architecture and town-planning, internal decoration, sculpture, painting
• Literature

Lecture 9: The XXth century (1st part)

• History: The Third Republic, daily life (the Belle Epoque, the "roaring twenties")
• Art: architecture, internal decoration, sculpture, painting
• Literature

Exam: Multiple-choice questionnaire

Original Language Description

La civilisation française de la préhistoire au 20^ème siècle (histoire, art et littérature).

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