An overvieew of the different contributors and important personalities in France Culture (Art, science, philospohy,...)

1. By Henri de Vilmorin

3. -Born in 1594 and died in 1665
-Official painter of Louis XIII
-Baroque Artist
-He influenced neoclassical painters like
David and Ingres at the end of the 18th and
beginning of 19th century
-His style is a mixture of sexy, richly-
coloured mythological scenes with strong
lines and darker-coloured religious images.
-Landscape with Diogenes, 1647,

4. -Born in 1869 and died in 1954
-His style is considered as modern
-Matisse painted landscape, portraits,
domestic and studio interiors
-Matisse continued to underline the
emotional power of sinuous lines, by the
use of powerful colours (acid ones)
-He was influenced by Gauguin, Cézanne
and Van Gogh.
-He was an inspiration to painters like
Pollack and Rothko
Stilleben, 1911

6. -Born in 1822 and died in 1895
-one of the most important scientists of the
19th century
-Pasteur is famous for:
1)Proving that microbes were the cause of
diseases
2)Pasteur pursued Edward Janner work
3)He is famously known for discovering
vaccines against anthrax and specifically
rabies and
4)He is viewed as one of the founders of
bacteriology

7. -They discovered in 1898 Polonium
(neutron trigger for nuclear science) and
Radium (used in medicine to produce radon
gas, which is used for the treatment of
cancer)
-She was born in 1867 and died in 1934
-He was born in 1859 and died in 1906
-They shared the Nobel prize in Physics in
1903 with Henri Becquerel
-Marie Curie won in 1911 this same prize

9. -Founding member of the Congrès
International d’Architecture Moderne
-He insisted on the use of landscape as an
architectural tool
-Le Corbusier's painting emphasized clear
forms and structures, which corresponded
to his architecture.
-He influenced Oscar Nieymer (The
architect who designed Brasilia)
Secretariat Building in Chandigarh, India Villa Savoye

11. -Born in 1932 and died in 1984
-One of the founders of the ‘‘French New
Wave’’ which is characterized by new film
methods: Sound is recorded during filming,
and the use of Nagra (portable recording
device)
-Truffaut admired film makers like Robert
Bresson and Alfred Hitchcock
-His movie subjects were very diverse
-In 1980 The Last Metro won 10 rewards at
the Césars, but his first great movie was the
400 blows, produced in 1959.

12. -He discovered that cinema could
manipulate time and space in the late 1890’s
-Most creative and inventive filmmaker in
the next decade
-Internationally famous for his masterpiece
Le voyage dans la lune (1902), it has been
named as 1 of the 100 greatest movies of the
20th Century
-Méliès was a precursor to the development
of modern narrative cinema
-Méliès is the first one who used special
effects (La lune a un metre 1898)

14. -He is mostly known for his theory about
the separation of powers
-Montesquieu’s work influenced the
American constitution: specifically the
understanding of the government laws will
reduce the problems of society and
improve the daily life of the people
-He is also famous for the following books:
The spirit of laws and Persian Letters

15. -Famous for adressing subjects that were
difficult to write about during the 18th
century like freedom of religion
-He was a great defender of civil liberties
(freedom of religion and free trade)
-His works influenced both the American
and French revolutions (social reforms, new
laws)
-His most important work is the
Dictionnaire Philosphique

17. -During his career, Yves Saint Laurent
produced a legacy of classic clothes
-Launched in 1966 his Rive Gauche
collection
-Many creators are still influenced by his
work nowadays
-He managed to ouftit ladies in blazers and
diner jackets
-He was the first french couturier to create a
complete ready to wear collection