Syllabus

Art & Society in France

Spring Semester 2025

[Click Overview for Introduction to Unit]
Jonah Lane - Honors Project - Fall 2018

Unit One

Overview

Tour de France, Paris, More France, Guide to France

History, Geography, France-USA, Guardian-France, Black Lives Matter en France

France: An Illustrated History / 1-9

Neolithic Culture, Dawn of the Arts, Prehistoric Art, Lascaux

The Celts, Greek Art & Architecture
, Roman Gaul

Roman Art & Architecture, Roman Architecture in France

France: An llustrated History / 11-26

Assignment One [January 22]

 

Unit Two

Overview


France and Ancient Gaul, The Romanesque

France: An Illustrated History / 27-33

The Middle Ages: Castles & Medieval Bastides

Medieval Art, Medieval Life

France: An Illustrated History / 35-51

Assignment Two [February 5]


Unit Three

Overview

The Middle Ages: Monasteries, Manuscripts, Gothic Cathedrals

The Middle Ages: Monasticism, Notre Dame de Paris

France: An Illustrated History51-71

The Renaissance: Furniture, & French Renaissance

Renaissance Art & Books

France: An Illustrated History / 73-102

Assignment Three [February 19]
 

Unit Four

Overview
 
  
Versailles & Louis XIV

Art of the Seventeenth Century & The Absolute Monarch

France: An Illustrated History / 103-120


Midterm Examination [March 5]


The Arts During the Enlightenment & The French Revolution

Art of the Enlightenment & More French Revolution
 

France: An Illustrated History / 121-137

Assignment Four [March 26]


Unit Five
 
  

Overview

Nineteenth Century Painting

France in the Nineteenth Century

France: An Illustrated History / 137-157

Pioneers of Photography & Cinema

The Invention of Photography & Cinema


France: An Illustrated History / 158-182

Assignment Five
[April 9]


Unit Six

Overview
 

French Cuisine & Comic Books

France: An Illustrated History / 182-193

Fashion & Paris

Classic French Meals

Twentieth Century French Art

France: An Illustrated History / 193-205

Arts Today, Paris-Match & French Grafitti

France's Global Influence

Assignment Six [April 23]


Final Examination [April 30]

 

 

Jean Fragonard
The Reader - 1772