RLFR 512(S) Readings in French Art History and Criticism
This course will provide students of the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art and others interested with knowledge of French acquired through translation and interpretation.
The core of this course is based on the reading and translating of a variety of critical works covering different periods and genres in the field of art history. The material read (excerpts from museum entries, the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Salons by Diderot, Baudelaire or Thoré, and authors such as Francastel, Valery, Focillon, Derrida to name a few), will be analyzed in form and content, translated or summarized, in order to develop the skills and understand the techniques necessary for reading French. Grammar will be reviewed in context.
Evaluation is based on class participation, papers, a midterm, a project and a final examination.
Prerequisite: French 511 or permission of instructor.
Hour: DESROSIERS