Fiche de cours à renseigner - Université Catholique de Lille

SYLLABUS
Course title: World-Class Museums between Paris and Brussels
Credits: 6 ECTS credits
Teaching language: English
Teacher in charge of the course: Céline Doutriaux, MA, Palais des Beaux-Arts de
Lille, Université Catholique de Lille.
Specialist lecturer: Grant Douglas, MPhil, Université Catholique de Lille, (Intercultural
Studies)
1) COURSE PRESENTATION
Course objective:
This course will provide students with an overview of the cultural heritage and museums of
Lille’s region, settled in the heart of Europe, at the crossroads of London, Paris and Brussels,
close to Amsterdam and Cologne.
Prerequisite:
To take this course, students should have good level of academic English.
Content:
World-Class Museums between Paris and Brussels
Fieldtrips such as:
- Fine arts museum, Lille, one of the premier museums in France, hosts in its
imposing 19th-century building some highlights of European paintings, a collection of
Antiquities, a mediaeval and Renaissance collection, 17th and 18th-century ceramics,
19th-century French sculptures and 18th-century scale models.
- Architectural tour, Lille
- La Piscine, Musée d'art et d'industrie, Roubaix
A rehabilitated art-deco swimming pool. A magnificent museum of fine arts,
ceramics, design, textiles, with artworks by Bonnard, Claudel, Dufy, Foujita,
Lempicka, Picasso, Pignon, Pompon, Rodin...
- LaM, Lille Métropole Museum of modern art, contemporary art and Art brut,
Villeneuve d’Ascq
An important museum for 20th and 21st century art in the north of Europe. Three
permanent collections: modern art (Modigliani, Picasso, Léger…), contemporary art
(Buren, Messager…), outsider art (Wölfli, Lesage…): more than 4.500 artworks and a
unique outdoor sculpture park.
- Louvre Lens Museum
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The Chateau de Versailles in 100 masterpieces, exhibition in Arras
Hospice Comtesse Museum, town museum of Lille housed in a former hospital
founded in 1237 by Jeanne, Countess of Flanders even if most of the buildings date
back to the 15th-18th centuries. It recreates a Flemish house and the hospital it has
been centuries ago, and also focuses on the commercial and artistic and scientific
history of Lille. The collection features 17th and 18th century paintings and decorative
arts (furniture; ceramics; tapestries)
Includes 9 hours of Intercultural Communication (link to course module description).
2) WORKLOAD
It shows the student workload both in class and homework:
Form
Number of
hours
Class teaching
Cultural conferences
36 hours
4 hours
TOTAL
40 hours
Off-site training, fieldtrips
includes 1-3h
instruction
includes 1-3h
instruction
includes 2.5-4h
instruction
15 hours
Homework
Student total workload
Comments
Includes 9 hours of Intercultural
Communication
Visit to Bruges
Visit to Brussels
Visit to memorial sites of WW1
59 to 65
hours*
*Note: 1 contact hour = 60 minutes, whereas some academic systems use 45- or 50-minute contact hours.
3) EDUCATIONAL METHODS
Fieldtrips (5 fieldtrips to museums, exhibitions and architectural tour), share of experiences,
workshops, debates.
4) ASSESSMENT
Form
Number
Continuous
assessment
(percentage break
down 20%)
Final exam
(percentage break
down 60%)
yes
Others (student
participation…)
(percentage break
down 20%)
yes
2
Duration
Comments
1h
2h
Personal or group work and debate
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5) RESOURCES
www.pba-lille.fr
www.musee-lam.fr
www.roubaix-lapiscine.com
www.louvrelens.fr
http://100chefsdoeuvre.versaillesarras.com/index.php/en/
en.lilletourism.com
http://www.musenor.com/en/
6) ACADEMIC CALENDAR
29 May to 25 June 2015
This syllabus is based on information that was available at the time of publication
(November 2014). Changes may occur.
For updated information about course content, please contact us: [email protected]
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