French Culture What is Culture Culture consists of

French Culture

What is Culture? • Culture consists of beliefs and values learned through the socialization process as well as material artifacts. • Culture guides the social interactions between members of society and influences the personal beliefs and values that shape a person's perception of their environment:

What is Culture? • "Culture is the learned set of beliefs, values, norms and material goods shared by group members. . . • Culture consists of everything we learn in groups during the life course-from infancy to old age

French Culture • The culture of France and of the French people has been shaped by its geography, by profound historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups. • France, and in particular Paris, has played an important role as a center of high culture and of decorative arts since the seventeenth century, first in Europe, and from the nineteenth century on, world wide.

French Culture • From the late nineteenth century, France has also played an important role in modern art, cinema, fashion, and cuisine. • French culture today is marked both by great regional and socioeconomic differences and by strong unifying tendencies.

Some Elements of French Culture • • • Art Architecture Film Fashion Cuisine Language • • • Music Sports Politics Religion Traditions Education

Art Prehistoric

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Baroque

Neoclassicism

Romanticism

Impressionism

Impressionism

Impressionism

Impressionism

Impressionism

Cubism

Le Louvre

Le Louvre

Architecture Roman Ruins

Les Châteaux

Paris Landmarks

Modern Structures

Film Birthplace of cinema – Les frères Lumières 1895

First Science Fiction Film Georges Méliès (Le Voyage dans la Lune 1902)

• La Nouvelle Vague – François Truffaut (400 Blows 1959)

Modern Cinéma Amélie

La Vie en Rose

Fashion Magazines

Chanel Christian Dior

Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Cardin

Cuisine Haute Cuisine

Regional Cuisine

Wine and Cheese

Breads and Pastries

Music Opera

La Marseillaise

Accordion Music

Edith Piaf

French Rock

French Hip Hop

Sports Soccer

Rugby

Cycling

Pétanque

Politics Louis XVI

Napoléon Bonaparte

Charles de Gaulle

François Hollande

Religion

Traditions