1. FRENCH RENAISSANCE

2. During the early years of the 16th century the French were involved in wars in northern Italy, bringing back to France not just the Renaissance art treasures as their war booty, but also stylistic ideas.

3. The Italian Renaissance began to influence French art when Charles VIII returned (1496) from his conquest of Naples accompanied by several Italian artists. Delete this slide Guide for report. Write on paper.

5. Francios I Style (1515-1547)

6. Actively encouraged humanistic learning. Invited da Vinci and Andrea del Sarto to France. He collected paintings by the great Italian masters like Titian, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

8. Known for the variety of its ornaments, fancy motifs and graceful composition.

10. The most numerous type of window in the Francis I style was square-headed. An occasional variation was the rounding of the shoulders. They were generally large, and divided vertically by a mullion crossed by a transverse mullion or transome, nearer the top than the bottom, thus forming a cross (fenetrecroisee). (This detail, however, chiefly appeared outside and did not affect the interior aspect.) Besides these, there were also in lesser number round-arched windows and windows with flat elliptical-arched tops.

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12. He continued the work of his predecessors on the Château d'Amboise. The earliest example is the Chateau d'Amboise (c.1495), where Leonardo da Vinci spent his last years.

13. Early in his reign, he also began construction of the magnificent Château de Chambord, inspired by the styles of the Italian renaissance. Chateau de Chambord is a more elaborate marriage of Gothic structure and Italianate ornament.

14. Francios rebuilt the Louvre, transforming it from a medieval fortress into a building of Renaissancesplendor. The Louvre

15. He financed the building of a new City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) for Paris in order to have control over the building's design. City Hall (Hôtel de Ville)

16. The largest of Francis' building projects was the reconstruction and expansion of the royal château of Fontainebleau, which quickly became his favorite place of residence. Reconstruction and expansion of the royal “Château of Fontainebleau”

17. Henry II (1547-1559)

18. Henry was born in the royal Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, the son of Francis I. The Style Henri II marks the very height and flower of the French Renaissance, the climax to which all previous development was only preparatory. The most lasting products of the Henry II style were architectural.

20. The details borrowed from classic architecture (slender columns, cornices, moldings, friezes)

21. Had simple forms, superb proportion and balance.

23. Henry II (1547-1559) First RossoFiorentino and then Francesco Primaticcio and SebastianoSerlio served Henry II as court artisans, constructing the Aile de la Belle Cheminée(1568)

24. The Château d'Anet, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II, was designed by Philibert Delorme, who studied in Rome.

25. In 1564 Delorme began work on the Tuileries, the most outstanding Parisian palais of the Henry II style. It too exhibited a mannerist treatment of classical themes, for which Delorm had developed his own "French order" of columns.

26. Louis XIII Style (1589-1643)

28. Solid and immense construction.

29. Rectilinear in shape and had simple and basic forms.

30. Carving and turning were the most used technique.

31. Louis XIII architecture was equally influenced by Italian styles.

34. Jacques Lemerciercompleted the most famous work of the Louis XIII period is the chapel of the Sorbonne (1635)

35. INTERIORS The first French Renaissance interiors were created at Fontainebleau in the 1530s by Italian artists Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio.

36. INTERIORS Characteristics include slender nymphs with clinging drapery, garlands, scrolls, strapwork, grotesques and stucco figures. There were not heavily followed; interiors continue to feature Gothic and classical elements.

37. INTERIORS Galeire de Francois I, Palais de Fontainebleau

38. INTERIORS Galeire de Francois I, Palais de Fontainebleau

39. INTERIORS Doors, windows, and stairways are important features. Large, prominent chimneypieces are focal points. The projecting hood may be decorated with classic and Gothic details, coats of arms, and/or royal and period motifs. It does not have classical proportions, but entablatures, pilasters, and columns shapes the overall design. Decoration is concentrated on the floors, walls, and ceilings. Room use is flexible and has few furnishings.

40. INTERIORS Palais des Tuileriesstairway Hotel de Ville stairway

41. INTERIORS Palaisde Fontainebleau

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44. INTERIORS Beamed ceilings are embellished with carving and/or brightly colored stripes, arabesques, or other repeating motifs. Plaster ceilings are usually left plain.

45. INTERIORS Palaisde Louxemborgceiling

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