FOREIGN LANGUAGE LINKS

19th Century French Art

French Architecture

French Shopping

French Impressionism Links

French WWI

General France/Tourism Websites

Spanish Artists

Spanish 1 Textbook Link

19th Century French Art

Search In the following LRC Online Databases:

Encyclopedia Britannica: Use the name of your art movement as your search term, i.e. “impressionism” or “neoclassicism.”  You can also look up specific artists by their last names.

Overviews / General Art Sites with Links on all Styles:

The following provide good links to art movements, artist biographies and artwork.  Good starting places to figure out which artists are associated with which movements.  

A website maintained by an art history professor, comprehensive and complete with few broken links: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks5.html#19century 

Archive of images by painter: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/ 

A good overview of movements and a  comprehensive list of artists and their works:  http://wwar.com/artists/ 

More history of movements and artists: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/index.html

Classicism (Neoclassicism)

National Gallery of Art Tour of Neoclassicism with links to works held in the National Gallery of Art and Artist biographies and analysis of work:  http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg56/gg56-main1.html

Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay and Works: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/hd_neoc_1.htm

Other sites:

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/n/neoclassicism.html

http://membres.lycos.fr/neoclassicisme/

http://discipline.free.fr/neoclass.htm

Romanticism

National Gallery of Art Tour of French Romanticism and Realism http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg93/gg93-main1.html

Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay and Works: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm

Other sites:

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/romanticism.html

http://discipline.free.fr/romantisme.htm

http://discipline.free.fr/romantisme.htm

Impressionism

Artist biographies and images of works held by the Art Institute of Chicago.  Follow the links and find examinations of particular works by artists and other valuable information. http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/

Online site of L’Orangerie, the great French museum of Impressionism http://www.rmn.fr/Impressionism

Web Museum Paris – overview of Impressionism and major artists http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/impressionism/

The Fitzwilliam Museum  site on Impressionism – look for “Education Factsheets” files that provide background and criticism on artists and works.  Click around in this site, you’ll find a lot of information. http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/FrenchImpressionists/intro/impressionists.html

Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay and Works: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm

http://discipline.free.fr/impressionisme.htm

Realism

Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay and Works: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rlsm/hd_rlsm.htm

Good overviews of the movement:  http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c19th/realism.htm

Biographies and the works of Rosa Marie Bonheur:

http://www.huntfor.com/absoluteig/bonheur.htm

Other sites:

http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=g&p=i&a=l&ID=10

http://discipline.free.fr/realisme.htm

French Architecture[Link]

Barroque

Versailles : http://www.chateauversailles.fr/

Great Buildings Online  Baroque Architecture: http://perso.orange.fr/artnouveau/en/index.htm

Gothique

Medieval Architecture in France: http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/mainfran.html

Gothic Dreams: http://www.elore.com/gothic.htm

History of Gothic Architecture: http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/gothic.html

A Gothic Overview: http://hercules.gcsu.edu/~rviau/gothicoverview.html

Hight-Tech/Post-Moderne (Renzo Piano)

Official Site Renzo Piano Building Workshop: http://www.rpwf.org/

Great Buildings Online Renzo Piano: http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Renzo_Piano.html

L'Art Nouveau/L'Art Déco

Art Nouveau Architecture: http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/art_nouveau.html

Art Nouveau World Wide: http://perso.orange.fr/artnouveau/en/index.htm

l’Ecole de Nancy: http://edn.nancy.fr/web/index.php?page=presentation

Discover France: http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Art/deco.shtml

Moderne/Le Courbusier

Fondation le Corbusier: http://www.fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr/fondationlc_us.htm

Centre le Corbusier: http://www.centerlecorbusier.com/

Neo-Classique

Cuploa’s Baroque, Rococo, & Neo-Classical: http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/baroque/baroq01.htm

Neoclassical Architecture: http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/neo-classical.html

 

Renaissance

Great Buildings: http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/renaissance.html

Just France: http://www.justfrance.org/france/architecture/002.asp

 

Romane

La France Romane et Gothique: http://titan.iwu.edu/~callahan/pagemenu.html

Digital Archive: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/roman_arch.html

Roman Architecture in Nimes: http://www.buffaloah.com/a/virtual/fr/nimes/index.html

GENERAL ARCHITECTURE SITES

A Digital Archive of Architecture: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/contents_europe.html

Art Net Library: http://www.artnet.com/net/galleries/search_galleries.aspx

Cathedrals & Churches in France: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/splendors/french.cathedrals.html

Discover France: French Art & Architecture: http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Art/DF_art.shtml

French Cathedrals, Basilicas and Churches: http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/cathed.html

Great Buildings Online: http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc.html

Infoplease Encyclopedia: http://www.infoplease.com/ (Type in "French Architecture")

Parlez-Vous Français?: http://www.parlez-vous.org/

20th Century Architectural Heritage in France: http://www.culture.fr/culture/inventai/itiinv/archixx/index.html

Google Directory: http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Architecture/History/

Bluffton University: http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/index/index.html

Rice University: http:www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/index/index.html

Cupola’s Building and Structure Galleries: http://www.cupola.com/siteidx1.htm

Discover France: http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Art/DF_art.shtml (use drop down menu at bottom to select art period or topic)

Multiple Styles (search “architecture”): http://web.france.com/search/node

French Shopping Sites

Le Fromage

France Fromages: Rencontre des professionnels et des Amateurs

http://www.univers-fromages.com/

The French Cheese Guide

http://www.cheese-france.com/

Cheese Library

http://www.fromages.com/cheese_library.php

Xavier

http://www.fromages-xavier.com/index.php

http://univers-nature.com/activites/fabrication-fromage.html

Ile De France: Portal of the French Cheese Community

http://www.iledefrancecheese.com/

Cheeses of France

http://www.cheesesoffrance.com/

La Mode

Elle

http://elle.fr

Paris Digest

http://www.parisdigest.com/menus/fashion.htm

French Fashion

http://www.frenchfashion.com/

La Redoute: Boutiques Redouteus

http://www.laredoute.fr/

Vogue

http://www.vogue.fr/

http://www.hermes.com/

http://www.ysl.com/INT/fr/index.aspx

http://www.chanel.com/index.php?zone_lang=EURFR

http://www.lvmh.fr/

Le Parfum

Création et distribution de parfums

http://www.inter-parfums.fr/

Bienvenue a Grasse: Capitale Mondiale des parfums

http://www.ville-grasse.fr/

Parfumerie Galimard

http://www.galimard.com

Fragonard Parfumeur

http://www.fragonard.com/default.asp

Sephora- France

http://www.sephora.fr/

http://www.ysl-parfums.com/index.html

Le Vin

French Wine Guide/Region Guide

http://www.terroir-france.com/

Chateau Palmer

http://www.chateau-palmer.com/en1

Vinifilhor

http://www.viniflhor.fr/

Vinsmoinchers

http://www.vinsmoinschers.com/?gclid=CJi7wNDv4JåYCFQHBDAodIwk1PA

Chateau Palmer

http://www.chateau-palmer.com/chateau_palmer.php?millesime=contexte

French Wines

http://www.french-wines.com/

Les Produits de sport

http://www.tactixgearworkshop.com/work/rbk_lacrosse_fr.php

Made in Sport

http://www.madeinsport.com/index.php?language=fr

Babolat:  Tennis equipment

http://www.babolat.com/

Boats & Sailing equipment

http://www.allures-yachting.com/

http://www.beneteau.com/

http://www.frenchboatmarket.com/en/manufacturers.php

http://www.jeanneau.fr/

http://www.guymarine.fr/cms/rubrique-5-chantier.html

http://www.alumarine.fr/

Cycling equipment:

http://www.bike-oisans.com/cyclotourisme-oisans-6.html

http://www.intercycles.fr/

http://www.btwincycle.com/FR/

Le Maquillage

Fragonard

http://www.fragonard.com/parfums_grasse/cosmetics-c-2.htm

French Cosmetics Counter

http://www.furansunocafe.com/liste_produits.php?base=cosmetiques&lg=en

Sephora France

http://www.sephora.fr/

Lancome

http://www.lancome.fr/_fr/_fr/

L’Oréal

http://www.loreal.fr/_fr/_fr/index.aspx

Les Voitures

Renault

http://www.renault.fr/

Peugeot

http://www.peugeot.fr/Accueil/

Citroen

http://www.french-wines.com/

Les Eaux

Classification des Eaux

http://www.doctissimo.fr/html/forme/rem_forme/thermalisme/fo_2326_eaux_therm.htm

Volvic

http://www.volvic-na.com/

Les Eaux de Vichy

http://www.auvergne-centrefrance.com/dossiermois/decembre02/eaux_de_vichy.htm

Perrier

http://www.perrier.com/fr/

Le Chocolat

L’Epicerie

http://www.lepicerie.com/catalog/category_256_CHOCOLATE_Professional_Couverture_Chocolate_by_the_LB_page_1.html?gclid=CKHVrZ3Y4JYCFQwDGgod3FnPOQ

La Maison du Chocolat

http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com/fr/index.php#/home

Richart

http://www.richart-chocolates.com/b2c/chocolate/boutiques/2

ZChocolat

http://www.zchocolat.com/

Les Medicaments/Pharmaceutiques

Les Medicaments

http://www.doctissimo.fr/html/medicaments/articles/medicaments_loupe.htm

Publicis Drugstore

http://www.publicisdrugstore.com/

Les Boissons Sociales (champagne, cassis, et pastis)

Champagne Brugnon

http://www.champagne-brugnon.com/

Moet & Chandon

http://www.moet.com/

Veuve Clicquot

http://www.veuve-clicquot.com/

La Maison du Pastis

http://www.lamaisondupastis.com/

Pastis 51

http://www.pastis51.fr/

Apertif

http://www.cote-aperitif.com/cote-aperitif-liqueurs---cremes-de-fruits-liqueur-liqueur-cassis-framboise-creme-cassis-bouteille-liqueur-abricot-myrte-liqueurs-creme_fr_09_cat_01_08.html

French Impressionists

From the LRC Homepage:  Encyclopedia Britannica &  Electric Library.

Art Institute of Chicago –http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Impressionist/index.html

Artcyclopedia: Impressionism -http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/impressionism.html

Arts: Impressionism  (BBC) -http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/impressionism/

ArtLex: Art Dictionary: Impressionsim -http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/ij/impressionism.html

Giverny: In the Heart of Impressionism- http://giverny.org/      (Claude Monet)

National Gallery of Art: Impressionism -http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg86/gg86-main1.html

WebMuseum: Paris – Impressionism -http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/theme/impressionnisme.html

La Grande Guerre 1914-1918

http://membres.lycos.fr/greatwar/

http://erra.club.fr/BOURGEAIS/Index2.htm

http://erra.club.fr/BOURGEAIS/avant.htm

http://erra.club.fr/BOURGEAIS/1914.htm

http://www.memoiredelagrandeguerre.com/

http://jmpicquart.free.fr

http://perso.orange.fr/patrick.laffe/

http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/visite.html

http://www.art-ww1.com/

http://membres.lycos.fr/greatwar/divers/bilan.htm

General France/tourism websites

http://www.francekeys.com

http://francetourism.com/practicalinfo/regions.htm

http://fr.franceguide.com/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/france/

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/france/

http://www.fodors.com/world/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g187070-France-Vacations.html

Specific regions:

Paris: http://www.paris.org/parisF.html 

la Bretagne: http://www.bretagne.com/ 

la Vallée de la Loire: http://www.lvo.com/

Strasbourg: http://www.strasbourg.com/ 

les Alpes: http://www.cur-archamps.fr/HauteSavoie/General.F.html 

la Provence: http://www.provenceweb.fr/ 

les Pyrénées: http://www.lespyrenees.net/ 

Amiens: http://w2.amiens.com/tourisme/ 

Montpellier: http://www.ot-montpellier.fr/

Provins: http://www.provins.org/ 

Normandie:  http://www.normandie-tourisme.fr/site-grand-public-109-1.html

Alsace: http://www.region-alsace.eu/

Lorraine:  http://www.lorraine.eu/jahia/Jahia/site/e-internet/

La Bourgogne:  http://www.bourgogne-du-sud.com/

L'Aquitaine: http://www.tourisme-aquitaine.fr/

Spanish Artists

El Greco (1541 – 1614)

Artchive: El Greco http://www.artchive.com/artchive/E/el_greco.html

ArtCyclopedia: El Greco http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/greco_el.html

Catholic Encyclopedia: El Greco http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14628a.htm

Island of Freedom: El Greco http://www.island-of-freedom.com/GRECO.HTM

MOMA: El Greco Exhibit http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B5BC2299D-FC6B-11D6-94C7-00902786BF44%7D

Museum of Art: El Greco http://virtualology.com/hallofspanishart/EL-GRECO.NET/

National Gallery of Art: El Greco http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg29/gg29-main1.html

Spanish Arts: El Greco http://www.spanisharts.com/prado/greco.htm

Temple of El Greco http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/

Web Gallery of Art: El Greco http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/

Web Museum, Paris: El Greco http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/greco/

Wikipedia: El Greco http://www.island-of-freedom.com/GRECO.HTM

Goya (1746-1828)

ArtCyclopedia: Goya http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/goya_francisco_de.html

CyberSpain: Goya http://www.cyberspain.com/passion/goya.htm

Francisco de Goya http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/goya.html

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes http://eeweems.com/goya/

Francisco Goya, 1746-1828 http://www.imageone.com/goya/

In the Light of Goya http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibits/goya/

Info 96: Goya http://goya.unizar.es/InfoGoya/MainMenu_en.html

Museum of Art: Goya http://virtualology.com/hallofspanishart/FRANCISCO-DEGOYA.COM/

Napoleonic Guide: Goya http://www.napoleonguide.com/goyaind.htm

National Gallery of Art: Goya http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg52/gg52-main1.html

Spanish Arts: Goya http://www.spanisharts.com/prado/goya.htm

Web Gallery of Art: Goya http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/

Web Museum,Paris: Goya http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/goya/

Diego Velázquez (1599 - 1660)

Addio Gallery: Velazquez http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Velazquez.html

Artchive: Velazquez http://www.artchive.com/artchive/V/velazquez.html

Art Encyclopedia: Velazquez http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/velazquez_diego.html

CyberSpain: Velazquez http://www.cyberspain.com/passion/velazq.htm

Museo de Prado: Velazquez http://museoprado.mcu.es/imeni.html

Museum of Art: Velazquez http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofart/hallofspanishart/DIEGOVELAZQUEZ.NET/

National Gallery, London: Velazquez http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/artistBiography?artistID=712

Web Gallery of Art: Velazquez http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/

Web Museum, Paris: Velazquez http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/

Wikipedia: Velazquez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velazquez