French Art

The visual and plastic arts of France have had an unprecedented diversity -- from the Gothic Cathedral of Chartres to Georges De La Tour 's night scenes to Monet 's "Waterlilies" and finally to Duchamp 's radical "Fontaine" -- and have exerted an unparalleled influence on world cultural production. To cover the vastness of the subject, the '''French art''' article has been divided into '''a series of separate articles navigatible through the template to the right'''. One can also directly access French art category indexes, such as alphabetical lists of painters or sculptors. For those searching for artists from a particular period or art movements, the relatively comprehensive manual lists of painters and artistic movements in chronological order are recommended.

Some supplementary or general material is included on this page, including art vocabulary and general French art references.

''For information about French literature, see: French Literature ''

''For information about French history, see: History Of France ''

''For other topics on French culture, see: French Culture ''

ART MUSEUMS IN FRANCE

Paris

Musée du Louvre

Musée D'Orsay — 19th century art (national collection)

Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg) — 20th century art (national collection)

Musée National Du Moyen âge (Musée de Cluny) — medieval collection

Palais De Tokyo — 20th century art

Musée Guimet — Asian art

Grand Palais — changing expositions

Petit Palais

Galerie Nationale Du Jeu De Paume — changing expositions

Musée Picasso — the artist

Musée Rodin — the sculptor

Musée Zadkine — the sculptor

Fondation Dubuffet — the sculptor and painter

Musée Carnavalet — Paris and the 17th century in a former mansion

Musée Jacquemart-André — private collection from the renaissance to the 19th century

Fondation Cartier — contemporary Art

Centre National De La Photographie

Musée Bourdelle — the sculptor

Musée Dapper — African art

Musée Gustave Moreau — the symbolist painter

Manufacture Des Gobelins — tapestries and weaving from the 17th century

Musée Nissim De Camondo — private collection of 18th century works

Musée Maillol — Fondation Dina Vierny — the sculptor

Maison Européenne De La Photographie

Musée De Céramique à Sèvres

Musée Du Montparnasse

Near Paris

Palace Of Versailles

Fontainebleau

Saint-Germain-en-Laye

VOCABULARY

French words and expressions dealing with the arts:

''peinture'' — painting, paint

---''peinture à l'huile'' — oil painting

''tableau'' — painting

''toile'' — canvas

''gravure'' — engraving

''dessin'' — drawing

''aquarelle'' — watercolor

''croquis'' — drawing

''ébauche'' — drawing

''crayon'' — pencil, a pencil drawing

''paysage'' — landscape

''nature morte'' — still life

''la peinture d'histoire'' — "historical" painting

REFERENCE WORKS

Anthony Blunt : ''Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700'' ISBN 0300053142

André Chastel. ''French Art Vol I: Prehistory to the Middle Ages'' ISBN 208013566X

André Chastel. ''French Art Vol II: The Renaissance'' ISBN 208013583X

André Chastel. ''French Art Vol III: The Ancient Régime'' ISBN 2080136178

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