Jan Term 2020 Presentation: La Belle France

When:: February 13, 2020
Time:: 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Category:: Cultural Enrichment
Location:: Bailey Room
Details:: This study away course on French art history, anthropology, language and science included a five-day stay in Paris, visiting the city’s most famous historical sites and museums: the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, the Musée Rodin, and St-Denis. Students will discuss these historic structures and their visit to Versailles and the Cathedral of Chartres as well as Vézelay, the Romanesque church where Mary Magdalen is buried. Finally, you will hear about font-de-Gaume, the last prehistoric polychrome cave still open to the public, as well as Lascaux II, the newly opened reproduction of the entire cave.