OSHER 386 - French Culture in the Eighteenth Century

Travel back to the Age of Enlightenment for an overview of French culture through art and literature. Imagine conversing in Madame De Sael's salon, singing the Marseillaise along with the revolutionists, browsing through Mare Antoinette's closet, eating with Brillat Savarin or daydreaming with Rousseau during a walk. Through a selection of films, songs, pictures and texts, you will be immersed in a time of refinement and violence which opened the path to our contemporary world. Discuss the role of women in society, create extravagant power wigs and costumes, or write an article for the Encyclospedie. This class will challenge your creativity in a fun atmosphere.