Library of Congress
Loc: Creating French Culture
Trace the relationship between power and culture using artwork in the collection of France's national library, the Bibliotheque nationale de France. The collection spans a lengthy history, from the reign of Charlemagne (eighth century)...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Collections Online: French Oil Sketches
A collection of 19 images of French oil sketches painted during the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries that are part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's collections. Click on each title to see an enlarged image and...
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Imagining the Past in France: 1250 1500
View highlights from an exhibition of medieval French manuscripts, whose subjects range from the religious, to the courtly, to the historical. See a slideshow (with narration) of featured works from the exhibition and sample three...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Dawn of Art
The images in this video come from Chauvet Cave, an ancient rock art site in France. Watch the video and try to imagine the kind of people that created the art. There are no words in this video, so check out the Dig Deeper section for...
Other
Art Teacher on the Net: Art of Many Lands
Dozens of resources for lessons and projects based on the art of various cultures. Included are ideas for Africa, France, America, Russia, India, and Australia.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries: Le Garde Meuble
Find illistrustrations of French furniture types and styles from a noteworthy French periodical, Le Garde-meuble.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Couture, Romans of the Decadence
Test your knowledge on the painting "Romans of the Decadence".
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Paris: Life and Luxury
Exhibition focuses on the French rococo style of pre-Revolutionary France during the reign of Louis XV.