For a while his work was influenced deeply by the French impressionists, and by the patterned, mosaic-like paintings of Gustav Klimt, then the dean of Austrian art.

Cubism, in its 1911-1912 phase ( which the French, with justice, call `` hermetic '' ) was on the verge of abstract art.

It also makes a fine introduction to the international art form with good examples of Italian and English madrigals plus several French `` chansons ''.

In its origins and its first golden age, no art owes quite as much to state power as French painting does.

For example, when the careful, even tedious, art techniques of French neo-classicism became oppressive to artists living in more exuberant times, a stylistic revolution known as " Impressionism " vitalized brush strokes and color.

A nineteenth century French art style and movement that originated as a reaction to the Baroque.

The New Wave of French and Italian art directors and their stars were riding high internationally, and he felt Bardot was being undersold.

" Bardot's book was also against miscegenation ; made attacks on modern art, which Bardot equated with " shit "; drew similarities between French politicians and weather vanes ; and compared her own beliefs with previous generations who had " given their lives to push out invaders ".

In France he was considered as the restorer of the art, which had declined after the time of Louis XIV, and during the last twenty years of his life the French government commissiond him to undertake several works.

Cuisine ( from French cuisine, " cooking ; culinary art ; kitchen "; ultimately from Latin coquere, " to cook ") is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific culture.

Like he had with montages of landscapes and indigenous art, Marker created a film essay that contrasts and juxtaposes a variety of lives with his signature commentary ( spoken by Marker's friends, singer-actor Yves Montand in the French version and Simone Signoret in the English version ).

Chardin's work had little in common with the Rococo painting that dominated French art in the 18th century.

While a young student, he developed an early appreciation of the French art masters.

In other legal cases, Pissarro's " Le Quai Malaquais, Printemps ," is said to have been similarly stolen, along with the estimated 650, 000 lost works of art, including those by other French Impressionists.

In June 2006 publishers Skira / Wildenstein released Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of Paintings, compiled by Joachim Pissarro ( descendant of the painter ) and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts ( descendant of the French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel ).

Denis Diderot ( ; October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784 ) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer.

Category: French art critics

David had a huge number of pupils, making him the strongest influence in French art of the early 19th century, especially academic Salon painting.

David attempted to win the Prix de Rome, an art scholarship to the French Academy in Rome, five times.

David, however, made his career precisely by challenging what he saw as the earlier rigidity and conformity of the French Royal Academy's approach to art.

Following World War II, Jacques-Louis David was increasingly regarded as a symbol of French national pride and identity, as well as a vital force in the development of European and French art in the modern era.

His illustrations were strongly influenced by French and German black and white art.

The other French majors followed suit, and this wave gave rise to the English-language description of films with artistic pretensions aimed at a sophisticated audience as " art films ".

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.

`` My usual palette consists of top-quality colors: alizarin crimson, orange, raw sienna, raw umber, burnt sienna, sepia, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, French ultramarine blue, Winsor green, Hooker's green 2, cadmium yellow pale, yellow ochre, Payne's gray, charcoal gray, Davy's gray, and ivory black ''.

From summer 2011, Operation Licorne, the French force, previously over 5, 000 strong, is roughly 700, and consists of Licorne headquarters, Battalion Licorne ( BATLIC ), seemingly made up of elements of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment and the Régiment d ' infanterie-chars de marine, and a helicopter detachment.

The remaining 5 % of Djibouti's population primarily consists of Arabs, Ethiopians and Europeans ( French and Italians ).

The modern period consists of the three centuries between the religious revolution at the beginning of the 16th century ( the Protestant Reformation ) and the French Revolution and its consequences.

The French motorway network or autoroute system consists largely of toll roads, except around large cities and in parts of the north.

The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix ( from French, originally meaning grand prizes ), held on purpose-built circuits and public roads.

The French traveller Laurent d ' Arvieux described the city in 1659 as " now desolate, and consists only of about fifty poor houses, in bad condition ...

Upper Normandy ( Haute-Normandie ) consists of the French departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure, and Lower Normandy ( Basse-Normandie ) of the departments of Orne, Calvados, and Manche.

According to the 2001 Canadian Census, the largest ethnic group consists of people of Scottish descent ( 38. 0 %), followed by English ( 28. 7 %), Irish ( 27. 9 %), French ( 21. 3 %), German ( 4. 0 %), and Dutch ( 3. 1 %) descent.

A submarine sandwich, also known as a hero sandwich, Italian Sandwich, sub, hoagie, torpedo or grinder amongst many regional naming variations, is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread, split lengthwise either into two pieces or opened in a " V " on one side, and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces.

The staff sling, also known as the stave sling, fustibalus ( Latin ), fustibale ( French ), consists of a staff ( a length of wood ) with a short sling at one end.

The military of Togo, in French FAT ( Forces armées togolaises, " Togolese armed forces "), consists of the army, navy, air force, and gendarmerie.

The Military of Togo, in French FAT ( Forces armées togolaises, " Togolese armed forces "), consists of the army, navy, air force, and gendarmerie.

The sauce tomate of classical French cooking, as codified by Auguste Escoffier, consists of salt belly of pork, onions, bay leaves, thyme, tomato purée or fresh tomatoes, roux, garlic, salt, sugar, and pepper.

He has also reduced expenditures on nuclear weapons and the French nuclear arsenal now includes 350 warheads, which can be compared to the Russian nuclear arsenal that consists of 16, 000 warheads.

This French overture consists of a slow introduction in a marked " dotted rhythm " ( i. e., exaggerated iambic, if the first chord is disregarded ), followed by a lively movement in fugato style.

Aquitaine consists of 3, 150, 890 inhabitants equivalent to 6 % of the total French population.

Then the Netherlands were finally reunited with the origins of the " alluvial deposits of the French rivers ," of which the country in the view of Napoleon consists.

Primarily spoken in Sherbrooke and Magog, the dialect consists of French strongly distilled by the presence of New England dialects, such as Boston accent and Vermont speak.

Gaultier's output, as is to be expected from a 17th-century French lutenist, consists mainly of dance suites for the lute.

The furniture consists of three 15th-century French credence tables and a 16th-century Italian cabinet, exceptional with its mother-of-pearl and fountain-pen engraved ivory incrustations, a wedding present offered to Francis II and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Each game consists of a partie of six deals ( partie meaning match in French ).

The Buddhist population mainly consists of Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants, with a substantial minority of native French converts and “ sympathizers .” The rising popularity of Buddhism in France has been the subject of considerable discussion in the French media and academy in recent years.

In addition to its metropolitan territory, France also consists of overseas departments made up of its former colonies of Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana in the Caribbean, and Mayotte and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.