French through Fine Arts
French aesthetic sensibilities through Fine Arts
Objectives:
- Discovering an important aspect of French cultural life: Fine Arts
- Initiating one into seeing exhibitions (in the city, starting with the ones at Gallery Romain Rolland, AFD)
- Appreciating work of art
- Informing oneself about art work
- Learning to exchange some ideas about a work of art
- Formulating ones views on a given work of art, expressing and justifying it
Level requirement: B1
- This course is aimed at students who have reached the B1 level or who have already attended over 280 hours
Content:
- Initiation to contemporary art
- Presentation of some of the masters and their master pieces
- Visit to exhibitions in town, especially in Gallery Romain Rolland, AFD and talking/exchanging views about the works exhibited
- Discovery of the sociological context of an art work
- Discovery of the different moods of an art work
- The work and the viewer
Approach:
- Interactive, using varied teaching materials
- Feature film extracts and documentary films
- Newspaper articles; reviews
- Slides and photographs
- Interactions with Indian artists (possibly francophone) and visiting French artists for exchanging views
Frequency: 2 hours a week for 10 weeks
