“Vive la France! Monet, Rodin and More”

Recommended for Grades 9-12:Relax into a serene trip along the Seine, discovering the

Impressionists’ views of French cityscapes and country sides. Explore with the gravity-defying beauty of Rodin’s figures. From sunlight-dappled canvases to the Rodin Garden’s shimmering

reflecting pool, and more, tour the arts of France. C’est magnifique!

Second Languages: NL.CLL.4, NH.CLL.4, IL.CLL.4, IM.CLL.4, IH.CLL.4, AL.CLL.4, AM.CLL.4

Visual Arts: B.V.1, B.V.2, B.CX.1, B.CR.1

I.V.1, I.V.2, I.CX.1, I.CR.2 P.V.1, P.V.2, P.CX.1, P.CR.1 A.V.1, A.V.2, A.CX.1, A.CR.1

English Language Arts: 9.SL.1, 9.SL.2, 9.SL.3, 9.SL.4, 9.SL.6

10.SL.1, 10.SL.2, 10.SL.3, 10.SL.4, 10.SL.6 11.SL.1, 11.SL.2, 11.SL.3, 11.SL.4, 11.SL.6 12.SL.1, 12.SL.2, 12.SL.3, 12.SL.4, 12.SL.6

North Carolina Common Core and Essential Standards Correlations:

Pre-Visit Key Questions:

• When you think of “French Art” do any names or images immediately come to mind?

• Consider some of the historical and social shifts in French history. How might you expect to see these reflected in works of art over time?

Claude Monet, The Seine at Giverny,

Morning Mists(French, 1897)

Auguste Rodin, The Thinker(French, modeled in 1880,

reduced in 1903; this example cast at a later date)

Auguste Rodin, The Kiss(French, modeled c. 1881-82;

cast at a later date)

Studio of Hyacthine Rigaud, Louis XV (1710-1774)

(French, c. 1715-17)

Jean-Francois Millet, Peasant Spreading Manure (Paysan répandant du fumier) (French, 1854-55)

Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Peasants Returning with their Herds(French, c. 1637)

Elisabeth Louise Vigee Lebrun, Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov

(French, c. 1795-97)

Post-Visit Key Questions:

• Do you have a favorite work of art from today’s visit? If so, what made it your favorite?

• What kinds of innovations and changes (artistically and technologically) happened in French history to help change the direction of art? Think: what invention helped Impressionists create works “in the moment”?