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- Style of French Renaissance art
- Francois I, School of Fontainebleau, Primaticcio, Henry II, Henry IV\
- Anti-classical movement: emphasized "artifice," movement, bright colors
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- Tribute to antiquity: Art of or in the style of ancient Greek and Roman art
- 16th / 17th C Royal Academy, Louis XIV
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E: Did Louis XIV create a specific French style and why did he wish to do so? |
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Intro: Patron of the arts
Thesis: Yes, created the French classicism style, based on Greek and Roman antiquity as well as his own personal tastes so as to reflect the power and splendor of the sovereign and the state -> the most influential powers in Europe
Ex: East front of Louvre: end of 17th C, pays homage to Greek and Roman Classical style- Columns are classical order, roofs are flat, etc.
Ex: Ceilings in Versailles, Veux de Vicomte, painting of Alexandre the Great entering Arcadia
EX: decorative splendor inside Versailles Hall of Mirrors
EX: Back of Versailles V. Front
EX: Apollo gallery in Louvre
Conclusion: Political, wanted to write himself and france as most influential in European Art and Culture |
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- Comissioned by Henry IV 1605 wanting to make Paris modern city like Italy
- Embodied the first European program of royal city planning
- Unified, harmonious, symmetrical in facades - Italian and French style
- First public square in Paris
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- Brought Renessaince to Paris
- Built Fontainebleau in Renessaince Style (Classicism first illustrated through Chateaux Ayers article)
- Also First School of Art: Da Vinci, Primaticcio
- Ambition to rival Italian culture
- Wanted to be remembered as a grand patron, court of humanists, writers and painters |
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| French Renaissance (15th-17th C) |
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- French Renaissance influenced by Italian mannerism
- Brought by François I |
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| Fontainebleau (early 16th C) |
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- Built by François I in French Mannerist style
- Here the Renaissance was introduced to France
- Fiorentino: Gallery of François I, frescoes framed by stucco
- Primaticcio, too
- School of Fontainebleau: Italian artists: Da Vinci, etc. |
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| Artists of French Renaissance |
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- Clouet
- Caron
- Dubreil |
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Interpretation of modern literature and mythology, trying to declare Francs as descendents of Trojans- a way to shortcut the Italians
Figures are focus of piece, |
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