French art has played a key role in many artistic styles, both past and present. Perhaps it is better known for their influence on Impressionism and the importance of the French capital, Paris, the art world. Paris, Louvre Museum has its status as one of the best places for viewing art preserved in the world and also houses the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings in the world.
The most important periods of French art include prehistoric, medieval, Renaissance and Mannerist, Baroque andClassicism, Rococo and Classicism, 19 & 20 Century contemporary movements.
The Merovingians, the Franks was significant in France and Germany. From the fifth century to the eighth century. The Merovingian period of the fifth century began to change in French art, which we have built so far has been with the new movements all the time.
Merovingian catalyst for the arts has continued with the development of Carolingian over a period of 120 years of 750900 closed after the Carolingian rule around 900, there were almost no development or production of significant numbers of French about 60 years. France is a country divided at this point, and it was not the right conditions for artistic creativity. On 10 and 11 centuries were dominated by the local monastery, which has had a significant role in the arts in France, the production in this phase.
As for the Gothic period, which is Romanesque art in Western Europe,two hundred and fifty long years, from 1000 until the mid 12th century in France. The name refers to the flu, and return to the original Roman style and principles of architecture and art, which used the movement.
Gothic art and architecture, then took French for about 300 years. While the origin, here it is actually spread rapidly to other parts of Europe. International Gothic style after he had a lower trust and the importance of religion as the first, and thenon further from there to the art of the Renaissance. Gothic art including sculpture, painting on wood, stained glass, frescoes and illuminated manuscripts is more marked.
The French invasion in Italy in the late 15th century was the influence of Renaissance art to the stop arm's length in the direction of France, and a stamp, which remains strong to leave today.
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars in new influences that have helped brought the art of the Renaissance in new pushDirections and the gap between the art of the Renaissance and the latest styles of romanticism and impressionism later.
French Romantic landscape painting brought to the fore, and later brought to Gustave Courbet and the Barbizon school as markers other important changes to the status quo. The end of the 19th century was French Symbolism of Gustave Moreau, professor of Matisse and Rouault, and Odilon Redon.
He brought a number of French Impressionist art atAbove, under the direction of Claude Monet and his use of landscapes and gardens carefully prepared, the art collection of changes of light and vivid images to develop. Began the progress in many new styles we have today.
Contemporary Art Impressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Expressionism and Surrealism, have roots in French art. The early years of the twentieth century were triggered experiments in color and content that Impressionism and Post-Impressionists were masters. This has led toPeople such as Cubism and Fauvism, which are some of the new art trends that now seem too challenging.
