French art

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.

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Some supplementary or general material is included on this page, including art vocabulary and general French art references.

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For information about French literature, see: French literature

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For information about French history, see: History of France

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For other topics on French culture, see: French culture

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Gothic: Besides its original meaning, "of or relating to the Goths (Gothos, Getas), a Germanic tribe" and thus the Gothic language and the Gothic alphabet, the word Gothic has been used to refer to distinctly different things:...

Chartres: Chartres is a city and commune of France, pr?fecture (capital) of the Eure-et-Loir d?partement. Population (1999): 40,361....

Georges de la Tour: Georges de La Tour (1593–1652) was a French painter....

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