French Painting from Neo-Classicism to Neo-Impressionism

1 / Overall Objectives of the course:

We will study French painting of neoclassicism neo-Impressionism,

with a panorama of different artistic movements for understanding the evolution of painting half of the eighteenth to the early twentieth century.

 

2 / Teacher Instructional Procedures

This course will take place over the history of pictorial movements with classroom tables analysis, individual presentations by students and visits to the museum. A methodology for analysis table will be explained at first class. Several visits to the museum will allow us to talk about the paintings before the original works. Part of the course will focus on oral exchange from video in order to practice what has been seen in French.

 

Day

Theme

1.

Presentation

Methodology analysis and vocabulary table

2.

Neoclassicism

3.

Romanticism

4.

Exit the museum

5.

Realism

6.

Test / Realism (continued)

7.

Impressionism

8.

Exit the museum

9.

Presentations / Impressionism (continued)

10.

Post-Impressionism

11.

Final test / Neo-Impressionism

12.

Exit the museum

13.

Presentations / Symbolism

14.

The Nabis

15.

Neo-Impressionism / exit to eventual museum