French art
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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
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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