French art consists of the visual and plastic arts (including French architecture, woodwork, textiles, and ceramics) originating from the geographical...

unsettling social change in France, as Emperor Napoleon III rebuilt Paris and waged war—the Académie des Beaux-Arts dominated French art. The Académie was the...

17th-century French art is generally referred to as Baroque, but from the mid- to late 17th century, the style of French art shows a classical adherence...

Art Nouveau (/ˌɑːr(t) nuːˈvoʊ/ AR(T) noo-VOH, French: [aʁ nuvo] ; lit. 'New Art') is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially...

French courts in 2008.[citation needed] Employers are free to decide whether to make Whit Monday a day off or not. French labor law, L3133-3 French labor...

Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, both from France, and Julia Child,...

subcategories of Category:French artists. See other articles for information on French literature, French music, French cinema and French culture. Gislebertus...

The New Wave (French: Nouvelle Vague, French pronunciation: [nuvɛl væɡ]), also called the French New Wave, is a French art film movement that emerged in...

used by the French historian Jules Michelet to define the artistic and cultural "rebirth" of Europe. Notable developments during the French Renaissance...

emerged in France in the 1840s, around the 1848 Revolution. Realists rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the early...

The Nabis (French: les nabis, French pronunciation: [le nabi]) were a group of young French artists active in Paris from 1888 until 1900, who played a...

Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs (lit. 'Decorative Arts'), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared...

20th-century French art developed out of the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism that dominated French art at the end of the 19th century. The first half...

19th-century French art was made in France or by French citizens during the following political regimes: Napoleon's Consulate (1799–1804) and Empire (1804–14)...

18th-century French art was dominated by the Baroque, Rococo and neoclassical movements. In France, the death of Louis XIV in September 1715 led to a...

Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Françoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was...

1866–1868. As the academic art promoted by the Paris Salon, always more rigid than London, was felt to be stifling French art, alternative exhibitions,...

himself entirely to painting. As an art dealer, Theo van Gogh played a crucial role in introducing contemporary French art to the public. Theo died at the...

SS France was a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, or French Line) ocean liner, constructed by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard at Saint-Nazaire...

Art is a diverse range of human activity and its resulting product that involves creative or imaginative talent, generally expressive of technical proficiency...

Contemporary French Cultural Studies. Arnold Publishers, 2000. ISBN 0-340-74050-7 Marmer, Nancy, "Out of Paris: Decentralizing French Art, "Art in America...

collage and abstract art would inform the movement's detachment from the constraints of reality and convention. The work of French poets, Italian Futurists...

Wildenstein (August 5, 1940 – February 18, 2008) was a French-born American billionaire businessman, art dealer, racehorse owner, and breeder. Born in Marseille...

Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors...

French literature (French: littérature française) generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France;...

execution of his pro-French minister Constantine Phaulkon, and the siege of Bangkok in 1688 ended this era of French influence. France also attempted to...

Of the languages of France, French is the sole official language according to the second article of the French Constitution. French, a Gallo-Romance language...

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in...

stayed in France, "painting ceaselessly", notes Baal-Teshuva. It was not until 1927 that Chagall made his name in the French art world, when art critic and...

perceived domination of French art. Before World War II, the concept of Modernism was not clearly defined in the context of American art. There was also a struggle...