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French art


00:01:04 1 Historic overview
00:01:13 1.1 Prehistory
00:04:31 1.2 Celtic and Roman periods
00:06:42 1.3 Medieval period
00:06:50 1.3.1 Merovingian art
00:08:02 1.3.2 Carolingian art
00:10:48 1.3.3 Romanesque art
00:13:29 1.3.4 Gothic
00:17:26 1.4 Early Modern period
00:18:57 1.4.1 Baroque and Classicism
00:22:54 1.4.2 Rococo and Neoclassicism
00:28:16 1.5 Modern period
00:28:25 1.5.1 19th century
00:32:36 1.5.2 20th century
00:36:24 2 French and Western Art museums of France
00:36:35 2.1 In Paris
00:37:33 2.2 Near Paris
00:38:08 2.3 Outside Paris
00:38:17 2.3.1 Major museums
00:41:27 2.3.2 Other museums
00:42:28 2.4 Textile and tapestry museums
00:43:05 3 Vocabulary
00:43:57 4 See also
00:44:21 5 References and further reading



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SUMMARY
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French art consists of the visual and plastic arts (including architecture, woodwork, textiles, and ceramics) originating from the geographical area of France. Modern France was the main centre for the European art of the Upper Paleolithic, then left many megalithic monuments, and in the Iron Age many of the most impressive finds of early Celtic art. The Gallo-Roman period left a distinctive provincial style of sculpture, and the region around the modern Franco-German border led the empire in the mass production of finely decorated Ancient Roman pottery, which was exported to Italy and elsewhere on a large scale. With Merovingian art the story of French styles as a distinct and influential element in the wider development of the art of Christian Europe begins.
France can fairly be said to have been a leader in the development of Romanesque art and Gothic art, before the Renaissance led to Italy becoming the main source of stylistic developments until France matched Italy's influence during the Rococo and Neoclassicism periods and then regained the leading role in the Arts from the 19th to the mid-20th century.