Petit Palais Museum

The link to the collection of the Petit Palais is here:
http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en/collections/presentation

MUSÉE JACQUEMART-ANDRÉ

Hello. Here is the link to the collection of the Museum Jacquemart-André.

https://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/fr/collection

There is also a video-catalogue in Youtube. It is called "CULTISSIME!"

You have the link to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXHiT9tOf7PPO5eXE4A7JWw/videos

Photography 6 - Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun was a photographer and artist who challenged gender roles and expressions in her arts and activism, along with her life partner. She eventually died due to health related concerns after being imprisoned by the Germans during the War.

Photography 5 - JR

Art has the power to change the way we view the world. It has the ability to bring us together and reflect our humanity on a grand scale. With his global art project, artist and TED Prize winner JR is turning the world inside out, in a big way. He’s using photography as a vehicle for change by, quite literally, putting a face to an issue. His team travels the world taking portraits of people and printing them on large-scale paper to then post in public spaces. His “Inside Out” public art project works with communities online and around the world to print and display their photos and stories along the streets where they live. His soaring installations shine a light on the unsung and give everyone the dignity they deserve.

Photography 4 - Sophie Calle

Sophie Calle (born 9th October 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle's work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement of the 1960s known as Oulipo. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. She is recognized for her detective-like ability to follow strangers and investigate their private lives. Her photographic work often includes panels of text of her own writing.

Photography 3 - Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau was a French photographer largely responsible for the classic era of European photojournalism along with his colleague Henri-Cartier Bresson. He made some incredibly iconic images from the 1930s to the 1950's including his famous "Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall)". Raised with formal art training, Doisneau worked as a successful photographer for publications including LIFE magazine and was an early Magnum Associate.

Photography 2 - Bettina Rheims

Bettina Rheims' photographic career began in 1978, when she took a series of photos of a group of strip-tease artists and acrobats, which would lead to her first exhibitions. This work would unveil Bettina Rheims' favourite subject, the female model, to which she would frequently return during her career. "I love the flesh. I am a photographer of the skin".

The 1980s provided Bettina Rheims with the opportunity to take several portraits of both famous and unknown women, resulting in the publication of Female Trouble (1989).

In 1982, the Animal series enabled her to train her lens on another form of nudity: that of stuffed animals with fixed stares, "which seemed to want to express something beyond death". "I had to capture their gaze" declared the photographer.

With Modern Lovers (1989-1990) [note] the photographer questioned gender, androgyny and transsexuality. Two other publications on the same subject followed: Les Espionnes (1992) and Kim (1994).

Photography 1- Raymond Depardon

Exhibition « Raymond Depardon, a sweet moment », Grand Palais (14 November 2013 -- 10 February 2014) Interview with the artist in January 2014 (full version). Raymond Depardon granted an exclusive interview to the Louis Roederer Foundation during his exhibition 'A Sweet Moment' at the Grand Palais. Colour, black and white, and the sweeter side of life in a world of hardship and conflict ... this duality is central to Depardon's enigmatic work.

Laurie Anderson. September 19-20, 2001. In New York.

The Eyes of the Poor, according to Robert Smith

MID-TERM Exam.

Information: Deadline: Sunday, April 5, at 11: 59 PM - Paris.
Send your document in Word format or in PDF at caosmosis2005@yahoo.es


EXAM


Total: 50 points.

You have to write:

A. Two small essays from the book chapters seen in class: 17.5 points each for a total of 35 points; you need to write both essays.

Essay 1. The French Revolution. Write about its economic and political causes. What were the consequences of this Revolution for France, and for the European continent? (Between 10 and 15 sentences).

Essay 2. The World War I. Economic and political causes. Consequences for Europe. (Between 10 and 15 sentences).

B. One small essay about the support materials seen in class.
You have to choose between Renoir’s Two Sisters and Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain. Write between 10 and 15 sentences. (15 points in total.)

• If you choose The Two Sisters, please analyze it in relation to the invention of photography.
• If you choose the Fountain, please analyze it in relation to the categories art/life. Remember to write about the role of art institutions as well.