Students pay museum entrance fees. The course traces the development of the Impressionist movement from such precursors as Corot and Courbet to Monet and Renoir, ending with post-Impressionists Van Gogh and Gauguin. Students pay museum entrance fees. Major current events in modern art since the Impressionist movement are covered. There is a considerable amount of museum study.
Students pay museum entrance fees.
Poetry and the novel of these centuries are explored through the major ideas of romanticism, realism, surrealism, symbolism and existentialism. Emphasis is on geographic, historic and demographic factors as well as social institutions such as the family, education, religion and the legal system. Contemporary social and economic problems are also considered. Therefore, the Sorbonne offers two introductory courses in French civilization to complement the intermediate French course. These courses are optional.