Resources

Recommended Reading

Students may consult the recommended reading and incorporate
it into their essays and exams as appropriate; this will certainly enhance them.

All works are available at the D. H. Hill Library

André Chastel, French Art
[Flammarion, 1994]

Eric Fernie, ed. Art History and its Methods
 [Phaidon, 1995]

Synopsis of Art History and Its Methods

Bradley Smith, France: A History in Art
[Doubleday, 1984]

Georges Bataille, Lascaux: The Birth of Prehistoric Painting
[Skira, 1955]

Colin Jones, The Cambridge Illustrated History of France
[Cambridge UP, 1994]

Robert Cole, A Traveler's History of France


Internet Resources

The following sites contain important information
pertaining to the course. They should be consulted frequently.


French at NC State

French Painting

The French Language

Le Francais interactif

Mot du jour

History Through Images

The History of French Fries

Le Louvre

Orsay Museum

Centre Pompidou

 

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Orpheus Leading Eurydice Through the Underworld (1861)