« Pour me réveiller, on m'acheta des livres. »
4 June 2026 The panel (above) comes from Marjane Satrapi's critically acclaimed graphic novel, Persepolis. The text inside the speech bubble reads: « Pour me réveiller, on m'acheta des livres » ("To awaken me, they bought me books"). This is a direct quotation from Simone de Beauvoir's 1958 autobiography, Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée (Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter). Satrapi embeds this prose into the visual landscape of her graphic memoir, connecting her own coming-of-ag
Medieval Art and Architecture at the Met Cloisters
28 May 2017 Students recently finished a thematic unit, focusing on the practices, perspectives, and products of French people living in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Our studies culminated in a special field trip to the Met Cloisters: a unique museum overlooking the Hudson River in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. We spent a lovely afternoon exploring the gardens, open arcades, quadrangles, and walkways that originated in southern France. Students were es
Field Trip to Princeton University's Art Museum
12 December 2015 Students recently visited the Princeton University Art Museum to study famous French paintings. Highlights of the exhibition include European art from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces from the Pearlman Collection. For additional information regarding the museum's collections, please visit: http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/
