Resources

General French and Francophone
L’art du 19e siècle: Features 19th century art with links to different periods (neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism) and artists
Eugène Delacroix: Extensive website featuring many of his works, along with a biography and information on the selected paintings

Contemporary
Art Press: Bilingual magazine about the contemporary art scene

Other
Web gallery of art: Good online gallery

Cinema in France: Examining film history, suggested movies, etc.
French cinema vocabulary: Base vocabulary for French cinema
The language of cinema: Great bilingual site for film vocabulary
Première: Interviews, trailers, and reviews
Vocabulaire Français-Anglais: An online dictionary for film and photography terms

Museums
Cité de la Musique: The Cité de la Musique in Paris offers everyone access to culture through its concerts, museum and exhibitions, and a huge media library as well as educational and publishing activities aimed at both adults and young people
Louvre: Official site of the Louvre
Museums in Paris: A listing of museums in Paris

EH.net: Historical exchange rates
Alternatives economiques: Alternative perspectives on economics

Ecole normale supérieure: University with which Colby is affiliated for a language assistant program
Ministère de l’éducation nationale: Government education website

Places
au-senegal.com: Everything you need to know about Senegal – population, geography, history, tourism, with lots of pictures as well
Histoire de la Martinique: A website with plenty of historical information, along with links for tourism, photo galleries, etc.
Viêt-nam: mon pays natal, ma passion, mon rêve: Pictures of old Vietnam as well as the country as it currently is

Maps
Image map of Africa: Detailed map of Africa; links to each country

Literature
Literature and culture of francophone Africa and the diaspora: A guide to resources on the web for research

Women
Curriculum for Franco-American women of Maine: Interesting website with plenty of facts, definitions, resources, and links
Pages of Franco-American women’s institute initiatives: Lots of links pertaining to Franco-American women

Food
France des saveurs: Huge database of small businesses and farms in France, searchable by product or region. Information on regions, their products, and their gastronomy
La boîte à recettes: Thousands of recipes (not limited to France)
Saveurs du monde: Recipes, tips, and information on ingredients

Gateway
Douce France: Links to everything one could possible want to know about France e.g. administration, boutiques, clothing, education, health, hotels, housing, restaurants, vineyards, work, etc.
La portail de la culture: French cultural website. Access information by theme
The world of French culture in the USA: From French Embassy’s website. Created to promote French artistic activities in the U.S. to American Francophones

Conjugators
Le conjugueur: Conjugates verbs in all tenses
Verb2verbe: Simple, easy to use conjugator for all tenses

Dictionaries and Encyclopedia
The ARTFL project: From the University of Chicago, has databases, dictionaries from the 17th to the 20th centuries, access to “Le Trésor”, etc.
Lexilogos: Online dictionaries, including Le Trésor, Le Littré; synonyms, antonyms, etc.
Wordreference.com: Primarily a dictionary, but also includes compound forms and verb conjugations

Grammar
Francais 1B-2B: Short grammar review exercises
French grammar central: 580 links with material for advanced grammar courses, with thorough information on the structure of the French language. Conjugations, research, and activities
La grammaire interactive: Helpful mini-lessons on spelling, grammar, with tests as well
Language guide: A well-structured repository of grammar guides that include interactive exercises
Tex’s French grammar: Clear sections on nouns, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, etc. Helpful for beginners

Other
Typing accents: Colby’s LRC page for typing all foreign language accents on your keyboard

Renaissance
Les sonnets de Louise Labé: Large collection of her sonnets along with several other works, with some analysis and notations

17th Century
Phèdre: Detailed description, act by act, along with analysis

18th Century
Romanticism: An introduction to Romanticism

19th Century
19th-century French women poets: By Professor Paliyenko, including Louise Ackerman, Marie Krysinska, Louisa Siefert, and Anais Ségalas
Charles Baudelaire: A very clean, sophisticated website with detailed biographic information, along with his published critiques and a list and description of the characters in his “univers baudelairien”
Madame Bovary: Summary of the book along with some analysis

20th Century
L’existentialisme – Jean-Paul Sartre: A helpful description of Sartre’s defining philosophy, “l’existence prècede l’essence”

Canadian
Gabrielle Roy: Government of Canada website with articles, documents, biography, and links

Other
Les bijoux: Versification
Europeana: Prototype developed by the National Library of France under the project of a Digital European Library
Gallica: French national library, all digitized. Free access to 90,000 documents
Lexique des termes littéraires: Every term you’ll need to know for your literature classes, alphabetized and defined
Outils pour l’analyse littéraire: Helpful websites for students looking for assistance and guidance with French essays and analysis in their papers

Current Events
France diplomatie: French government site about France

Magazines and Newspapers
Francophone newspapers: 140 French language newspaper links from North America (Quebec), Africa, Asia, and Europe
Le Monde: Popular, highly read newspaper of France. Equivalent to our New York Times
Les Inrocks.com: Magazine about cultural events
Libération.fr: Online news, particularly covering current politics
Telerama: French pop culture

Other
Arrêt sur images: A site analyzing media in France

Television
Les guignols sur canal plus: “The original Daily Show!” (Professor Davies)

Concerts and Live Acts
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal: Website detailing the annual summer jazz festival in Montréal

Radio
Radio France: French radio website with podcasts, information about radio shows and concerts, and an online store

France politique: Offers information on french political parties, past elections, and the current political scene in France, as well as extensive biographies of major French politicians
EurActiv.fr: An online journal with articles about the current political situation in France
Rue 89: Information about current events

General
France.com: Information about accommodations, tours, transportation, French culture, shopping, and business
The Paris pages: Explanations of Paris, its culture, tourist info, interactive maps, and endless links to other sites of cultural interest
Petit futé: Ideas for where to travel in France
Voyager en France: Travel site with information on visiting France
WWOOF: See France in a unique way with a focus on organic farming
Casamundo: Vacation planners for France

Attractions
Chateau Versailles: Official website for the Chateau de Versailles
Provence and beyond: French Riviera – local visiting information, travel services, and information about famous people from Provence

IMDb: Information about films currently playing in Italy
Internet movie database: A searchable database of all film and television
Museo Nazionale del Cinema: National Museum of Cinema
Tempi moderni: Information about modern films

Museums
I Musei Vaticani online: The Vatican Museum
La Galleria degli Uffizi: The Uffizi Gallery
The Peggy Guggenheim collection: Museum of art in Venice

Other
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali: The Ministry of Culture and Environment
Italica: RAI International website devoted to language and culture
Radiotelevisione Italiana: Broadcasts and interactive activities offered by RAI International.\
Instituto LUCE: The oldest public institution for cinematographic diffusion with both a didactic and informative aim

L’Università di Bologna: The website for the University of Bologna
L’Università degli Studi di Padova: The website of the University of Padova
Pubblica Instruzione: The branch of the Italian Government in charge of the administration of the national school system. This website provides a lot of opportunities to come in Italy with their scholastic program
RAI SCUOLA: Documentary, cultural and educational television in Italian and English

Il Cucchiaio D’Agernto: The oldest and most popular book about Italian recipes with both traditional and avant-garde orientation
Gambero Rosso: An Italian food and wine magazine

Gateway
Italia Mia: A guide to Italy, Italian and Italian-American culture
Life in Italy: All you need to know about Italy, dedicated to modern Italian life and culture – showcasing the Italy of today rather than focusing on Italy’s past

Search Engines
Yahoo! Italia

Italy 1: Brief analysis of Italian history
Italy 1: Brief analysis of Italian history
La storia siamo noi: A well-known and accurate documentation about the events of the last century in Italy

Dictionaries and Thesauri
Garzanti linguistica: Online dictionary of Italian and English with a section dedicated to synonyms and antonyms
Etimo: Etymological dictionary of Italian Language
Word reference: Online translation dictionary
Accademia della Crusca: The official institute of Italian language. It collaborates with universities and research programs in order to be up to date with language changes

Letteratura: A complete online catalog about Italian writers of every period, literary terminology, magazines, bibliography, bookshops and much more
Letteratura Italiana: The texts of a large number of famous and important Italian works listed both per author and title
Dante online: A focus on Dante and the texts of his works. A “resources” section that guides the study in the Italian Universities, foreign Universities, Libraries and research Institutes, sites of specific and general interest

Magazines and Newspapers
Corriere della Sera: It is among the oldest and most reputable Italian newspapers
La Repubblica: The second largest circulation Italian daily general-interest newspaper
Gazetta: It is an Italian newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. The newspaper, published on distinctive pink paper, sells over 400,000 copies daily – more on Mondays when readers want to catch up on the weekend’s events – and can claim a readership in excess of three million
RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana: Known as Radio Audizioni Italiane is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance

Radio RAI: Italian radio website
Le radio Italia: An online guide for the radio divided by regions and categories – such as university radios, foreign radios, etc.
RAI radio: A guide about the Italian radio programs promoted by RAI
Radio deejay: One of the most popular radio broadcasts
RDS: Another of the most popular radio broadcasts
Musica e eanti popolari Italiani: An interesting and complete collection of famous Italian folkloristic songs with lyrics too
I Migliori Anni: A TV program of the most popular songs, organized by years – 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s

Presidenza della Repubblica: This site is about Italian politics
Italian Council of Ministers: For information about the Government’s acts and news
Gazetta Ufficiale: The official gazette of the Italian Republic, or G.U., is the official journal of record of the Italian government laws. Its scope is to make legislative, private and public acts available for everyone
Annozero: A political and cultural TV show about current events in Italy

Italian tourism: Italian Government Tourist Board. Information about trip, events, accommodation, money, hotels, food and so on
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The official website run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where to find information about opportunities, travel, general information and crisis unit
Tuscany pass: A guide dealing with every aspect tourism in Tuscany