The Ministry of Culture (French: Ministère de la Culture) is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the monuments historiques. Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and protection of the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic) on national soil and abroad. Its budget is mainly dedicated to the management of the Archives Nationales (six national sites and hundred decentralised storage facilities) and the regional Maisons de la culture (culture centres).
Deriving from the Italian and Burgundian courts of the Renaissance, the notion that the state had a key role to play in the sponsoring of artistic production and that the arts were linked to national prestige was found in France from at least the 16th century on. During the pre-revolutionary period, these ideas are apparent in such things as the creation of the Académie française, the Académie de peinture et de sculpture and other state-sponsored institutions of artistic production, and through the cultural policies of Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
The modern post of Minister of Culture was created by Charles de Gaulle in 1959 and the first officeholders was the writer André Malraux. Malraux was responsible for realising the goals of the droit à la culture ("right to culture"), an idea which had been incorporated in the Constitution of France and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), by democratising access to culture, while also achieving the Gaullist aim of elevating the "grandeur" ("greatness") of post-war France. To this end, he created numerous regional cultural centres throughout France and actively sponsored the arts. Malraux's artistic tastes included the modern arts and the avant-garde, but on the whole he remained conservative.
One of France's six National Archives sites operated by the Ministry of Culture, in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
The Ministry of Jacques Toubon was notable for a number of laws (the "Toubon Laws") enacted for the preservation of the French language, both in advertisements (all ads must include a French translation of foreign words) and on the radio (35% of songs on French radio stations must be in French), ostensibly in reaction to the presence of English.
Ministers of Culture
The following people were appointed as Minister of Culture of France:
Since the French constitution does not identify specific ministers (merely speaking of "the minister in charge of" this or that), each government may label each ministry as they wish, or even have a broader ministry in charge of several governmental sectors. Hence, the ministry has gone through a number of different names:
1959: Ministère des Affaires culturelles
1974: Ministère des Affaires culturelles et de l'Environnement
1974: Secrétariat d'État à la Culture
1976: Ministère de la Culture et de l'Environnement
1978: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
1981: Ministère de la Culture
1986: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
1988: Ministère de la Culture, de la Communication, des Grands Travaux et du Bicentenaire
1991: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
1992: Ministère de l'Éducation nationale et de la Culture
1993: Ministère de la Culture et de la Francophonie
1995: Ministère de la Culture
1997: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
2017: Ministère de la Culture
Organisation
Central administration
The Ministry of Culture is made up of a variety of internal divisions, including:
Direction de l'administration générale (DAG)
Direction de l'architecture et du patrimoine (DAPA) in charge of national monuments and heritage
Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel maintains extensive databases of historical sites and objects via the Base Mérimée and monument historique status.
Direction des archives de France (DAF) in charge of the National Archives
Direction du livre et de la lecture (DLL) in charge of French literature and the book trade
Direction de la musique, de la danse, du théâtre et des spectacles (DMDTS) in charge of music, dance and theater
Direction des Musées de France (DMF) in charge of national museums
The Ministry has access to one inter-ministerial division:
Direction du développement des médias (DDM) in charge of developing and expanding the French media (although French public television is run through the public-service company France Télévisions)
The Ministry also runs three "delegations" (administrative boards):
Délégation aux arts plastiques (DAP) in charge of the visual and sculptural arts
Délégation au développement et aux affaires internationales (DDAI) in charge of international affairs and French art
Nancy Marmer, "The New Culture: France '82," Art in America, December 1982, pp. 115–123, 181-189.
References
^"Accueil". Ministère de la Culture (in French). from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016. Nous contacter: 3, rue de Valois, 75001 Paris
^Base Mérimée: Domaine national du Palais-Royal (ancien Palais Cardinal), comprenant Conseil d'Etat, Conseil Constitutionnel, Ministère de la Culture, théâtre de la Comédie Française, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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The Ministry of Culture French Ministere de la Culture is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the monuments historiques Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and protection of the arts visual plastic theatrical musical dance architectural literary televisual and cinematographic on national soil and abroad Its budget is mainly dedicated to the management of the Archives Nationales six national sites and hundred decentralised storage facilities and the regional Maisons de la culture culture centres Minister of CultureMinistre de la CultureIncumbentRima Abdul Malaksince 20 May 2022Member ofCouncil of MinistersReports toPresident of the Republicand to ParliamentResidencePalais RoyalSeatParis FranceAppointerPresident of the RepublicTerm lengthNo fixed termRemains in office while commanding the confidence of the National Assembly and the President of the RepublicConstituting instrumentConstitution of 4 October 1958Formation8 January 1959First holderAndre MalrauxSalary 9 940 per monthWebsitewww wbr culture wbr gouv wbr fr wbr en wbr Its main office is in the Palais Royal in the 1st arrondissement of Paris on the Rue de Valois 1 2 It is headed by the Minister of Culture a cabinet member The current officeholder has been Rima Abdul Malak since 20 May 2022 Contents 1 History 2 Ministers of Culture 3 Names of the Ministry of Culture 4 Organisation 4 1 Central administration 4 2 Other services 5 Cultural activities 6 Further reading 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Deriving from the Italian and Burgundian courts of the Renaissance the notion that the state had a key role to play in the sponsoring of artistic production and that the arts were linked to national prestige was found in France from at least the 16th century on During the pre revolutionary period these ideas are apparent in such things as the creation of the Academie francaise the Academie de peinture et de sculpture and other state sponsored institutions of artistic production and through the cultural policies of Louis XIV s minister Jean Baptiste Colbert The modern post of Minister of Culture was created by Charles de Gaulle in 1959 and the first officeholders was the writer Andre Malraux Malraux was responsible for realising the goals of the droit a la culture right to culture an idea which had been incorporated in the Constitution of France and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 by democratising access to culture while also achieving the Gaullist aim of elevating the grandeur greatness of post war France To this end he created numerous regional cultural centres throughout France and actively sponsored the arts Malraux s artistic tastes included the modern arts and the avant garde but on the whole he remained conservative One of France s six National Archives sites operated by the Ministry of Culture in Pierrefitte sur Seine Under President Francois Mitterrand the Minister of Culture was Jack Lang who showed himself to be far more open to popular cultural production including jazz rock and roll rap music graffiti cartoons comic books fashion and food His famous phrase economie et culture meme combat economy and culture it s the same fight is representative of his commitment to cultural democracy and to active national sponsorship and participation in cultural production In addition to the creation of the Fete de la Musique and overseeing the French Revolution bicentennial 1989 he was in charge of the massive architectural program of the Francois Mitterrand years the so called Grands travaux or Great Works that gave permission for the building of the Bibliotheque nationale the new Louvre the Arab World Institute the Musee d Orsay the Opera Bastille the Grande Arche of La Defense the Parisian business quarter the new seat of the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance the Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre and the Cite des Sciences et de l Industrie and Cite de la Musique both in the Parc de la Villette The Ministry of Jacques Toubon was notable for a number of laws the Toubon Laws enacted for the preservation of the French language both in advertisements all ads must include a French translation of foreign words and on the radio 35 of songs on French radio stations must be in French ostensibly in reaction to the presence of English Ministers of Culture EditThe following people were appointed as Minister of Culture of France February 1959 Andre Malraux June 1969 Edmond Michelet October 1970 Andre Bettencourt January 1971 Jacques Duhamel fr April 1973 Maurice Druon March 1974 Alain Peyrefitte June 1974 Michel Guy fr August 1976 Francoise Giroud March 1977 Michel d Ornano April 1978 Jean Philippe Lecat March 1981 Michel d Ornano May 1981 Jack Lang March 1986 Francois Leotard May 1988 Jack Lang March 1993 Jacques Toubon May 1995 Philippe Douste Blazy June 1997 Catherine Trautmann March 2000 Catherine Tasca May 2002 Jean Jacques Aillagon March 2004 Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres May 2007 Christine Albanel June 2009 Frederic Mitterrand May 2012 Aurelie Filippetti August 2014 Fleur Pellerin February 2016 Audrey Azoulay May 2017 Francoise Nyssen October 2018 Franck Riester July 2020 Roselyne Bachelot May 2022 Rima Abdul MalakNames of the Ministry of Culture EditSince the French constitution does not identify specific ministers merely speaking of the minister in charge of this or that each government may label each ministry as they wish or even have a broader ministry in charge of several governmental sectors Hence the ministry has gone through a number of different names 1959 Ministere des Affaires culturelles 1974 Ministere des Affaires culturelles et de l Environnement 1974 Secretariat d Etat a la Culture 1976 Ministere de la Culture et de l Environnement 1978 Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication 1981 Ministere de la Culture 1986 Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication 1988 Ministere de la Culture de la Communication des Grands Travaux et du Bicentenaire 1991 Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication 1992 Ministere de l Education nationale et de la Culture 1993 Ministere de la Culture et de la Francophonie 1995 Ministere de la Culture 1997 Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication 2017 Ministere de la CultureOrganisation EditCentral administration Edit The Ministry of Culture is made up of a variety of internal divisions including Direction de l administration generale DAG Direction de l architecture et du patrimoine DAPA in charge of national monuments and heritage Inventaire general du patrimoine culturel maintains extensive databases of historical sites and objects via the Base Merimee and monument historique status Direction des archives de France DAF in charge of the National Archives Direction du livre et de la lecture DLL in charge of French literature and the book trade Direction de la musique de la danse du theatre et des spectacles DMDTS in charge of music dance and theater Direction des Musees de France DMF in charge of national museumsThe Ministry has access to one inter ministerial division Direction du developpement des medias DDM in charge of developing and expanding the French media although French public television is run through the public service company France Televisions The Ministry also runs three delegations administrative boards Delegation aux arts plastiques DAP in charge of the visual and sculptural arts Delegation au developpement et aux affaires internationales DDAI in charge of international affairs and French art Delegation generale a la langue francaise et aux langues de France DGLFLF in charge of the French language and languages of FranceFinally the Ministry shares in the management of the National Centre of Cinema Centre national de la cinematographie a public institution 3 The Alliance francaise is run by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs 4 Other services Edit On the national level the Ministry also runs Regional Cultural Affairs Direction regionale des affaires culturelles DRAC Departmental Architecture and Monuments Services departementaux de l architecture et du patrimoine SDAP Departmental Archives under the direction of the departmental councils Centre National de la Danse institution for the study and preservation of dance 5 Cultural activities EditThe Ministry of Culture is responsible for or a major sponsor of a number of annual cultural activities including the Fete de la Musique the Maison de la culture de Grenoble the Festival d Avignon the Public Establishment of the Palace Museum and National Estate of Versailles the Joconde online database of objects in French museums the Base Merimee database of listed heritage monuments and the Maitre d art program Further reading EditNancy Marmer The New Culture France 82 Art in America December 1982 pp 115 123 181 189 References Edit Accueil Ministere de la Culture in French Archived from the original on 11 May 2016 Retrieved 7 May 2016 Nous contacter 3 rue de Valois 75001 Paris Base Merimee Domaine national du Palais Royal ancien Palais Cardinal comprenant Conseil d Etat Conseil Constitutionnel Ministere de la Culture theatre de la Comedie Francaise Ministere francais de la Culture in French Go to their link here Ministry of Culture Missions Centre national de la danse Retrieved 18 November 2018 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ministere de la Culture France Official website in French Culture Portal of the Ministry of Culture Page index in English documents in French Culture Portal of the Ministry of Culture in French English pages Archive Portals France Society Politics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ministry of Culture France amp oldid 1131690580, wikipedia, wiki, 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