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The textbook is:Celestin, Roger, andDalMolin,Eliane,France from 1851 to the Present: Universalism in Crisis(PalgraveMacmillan, NY, 2007)Sorry I can not provide the textbook at this time.
Part I(about 250 words are good enough):

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Clearly this is the common thread of this module. The quote from Michel Conte in our book,page 107, sums it up perfectly: "For an artist, scandal is the best proclamation of success". Basedsolelyon what you learned in this module, to which French artist does this apply the MOST, in your opinion? Give specific reasons. Do you agree or disagree with Conte here?

"A visual culture informs and entertains through images, but also undoubtedly influences, through its visual power, the thinking about this particular culture. [...] Image has, and is, power." (Text,page 110) Explain the universality of these statements, using specific examples from artists in the text or on any website linked to in this module, including those in the Course Resources nugget. Draw parallels to modern American culture, in as many Arts as you can (painting, music, theater, movies, music videos, photography, etc.).

Part II(Main part):

As always, include EACH question before EACH answer, and DOUBLE-SPACE your work. When citing from the text, use quotation marks and give the page number; when citing from a website, use quotation marks and give the complete URL.

1.Text, pp. 23-26: Describe in 5-6 sentences the scandal surrounding Courbet's "Burial atOrnans". What was the main issue? What did supporters say? What did detractors say? What further scandal arose in the next decade with two of Edouard Manet's paintings, and another of Courbet's? Find ANYpicof "Burial atOrnans" and describe its CONTENT (people, places, and things in the painting) and its FORM (what colors are used, the use of light and shadow, and the type of brush strokes -- remember, in its FORM, this isNOTan "Impressionist" painting!)

2.Text, 23-26 and 107-111: What are some general differences between "academic" (traditional) painting style and "Impressionist" painting style? Name the art critic who first used the term "impression" in anegativeway, and the art critic who first used "impressionist" in apositiveway. Name the painting, and the painter and year, that was the catalyst of this controversy. Find ANYpicof this painting, on theMuseed'Orsaywebsite or elsewhere, and discuss its CONTENT (people, places, things in the painting) and its FORM (what colors are used, how light and shadow are used, and the type of brush strokes).Do the same kind of analysis (Content and Form) for any ONE painting listed onpage 109foundONLYon theMuseed'Orsaywebsite. Click on the Search link!

3.Text, pp. 135-141: Summarize in 4-5 sentences Paul Gauguin's move to Tahiti (Why? What did he do there?). Summarize in another 4-5 sentences the new scandal that arose over Picasso's "LesDemoisellesd'Avignon". Once more, find ANYpicof this painting, and do the same CONTENT and FORM analysis as in #s 1 and 2 above.And as in #1, when speaking of FORM only, remember that this is NOT an "Impressionist" painting!

4.Take a virtual tour of any ONE museum found on the "Free Things To Do in Paris" page of the National Geographic Travel page (link in Course Resources on the main menu at the left).Do not pick the Louvre or theMuseed'Orsay; we've already been to those two!Describe your findings in 5-6 sentences: brief history of the museum, major collections and exhibitions, any videos/slideshowsyou watched on the site. Name names!

5.From
either of the two alternate websites (assuming earlycinema.com is still suspended) given at the bottom NOTE of the last "Additional Learning Content" page of this Module): Add 4-5 more facts about the lives and careers of theLumierebrothers AND of GeorgesMeliesto what is already stated about them onpages 140-141of the text. In other words, tell me a few things about them NOT found in the book! Brief interaction among them? TheLumieres'inventions in photography? Describe in detail what acinematographelooks like, and how it works.Lastly, view anyONEof those first-ever short films by theLumierebrothers, and describe in detail (4-5 sentences) what you see.Use the YouTube channel of "silentfilmhouse".

Part III:

write a short response to the following post(about 50 words is good enough):

I'll post it once you finish the part I.

Before answer part II, please read the questions carefully.

Only the part I due on 11/04, the other parts will due on11/06

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Part I
Conte’s perception that scandals build good artists applies to the controversial painter of the 19th century French art tradition, Gustav Courbet. His entire career—in spite of the fact that he always proclaimed himself to the best French artists of all times—was said to be controversial and full of scandals. One of his paintings ‘Young Women from the Village’ was criticized vehemently by the contemporary art critics. The controversy was generated at the Salon of 1852. The critics actually sensed the real ‘ugliness’ behind the portrayal of the three young women in the painting who were said to be modeled after the three sisters of the painter himself. Courbet failed to balance the classiness of his painting in this context and it led critics to feel that he did not correctly apply the word demoiselles (young ladies) that he used for them. His approach was cynical and it was not acceptable in the civil order of art, as seen by the French conventions. 
The statement that visuals have appeals to the emotions of common being applies to Courbet’s example mentioned above. He portrays something that ignited the minds of the critics negatively and there can be many parallels of this pattern in the modern context. One of them can be the rise of hip hop culture in pop music which protested against the set rules of society and diminished the so called class distinction in music. Thus, hip hop and Courbet, in one or other, appeal to the emotions of common audience. 
Part Two 
· A Burial at Ornans-now seen as one of the greatest paintings of the genre-portrays the funeral of the great-uncle of Courbet that took place in September 1848, in the birthplace of the Ornans family, a small town near Besancon in north-eastern France. Instead of using professional models, which was common practice, Courbet preferred to paint the same townspeople who were present at the funeral, thereby stressing the 'actual' character of Realism. The 1850 Salon exhibition of the work met with a hostile reaction from many critics and artists, who found it scandalous to depict such a prosaic occurrence in such a grand way. On the plus side, Courbet was known overnight by the painting (and its two sisters) as the leading representative of the new trend of realism.

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