Renaissance Art in France The Invention of Classicism

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ISBN: 9782080111449 | 2080111442
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Copyright: 1/3/2004

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Harvard professor Zerner focuses on one of the most dynamic and flamboyant periods in art history, the Renaissance in France. Renaissance Art in France explains how the school of Fontainebleau, in its exaggerated elegance and complex fantasies, combined French forms of medieval origin with the Italianate decorative style. It quickly came to represent a high point in the development of Mannerism and laid the groundwork for the invention of French Classicism. The volume showcases artists who excelled in the fine arts such as court portraitist François Clouet and sculptor Jean Goujon, as well as those working in decorative arts that also flourished during this period: tapestry, stained-glass windows, printmaking, and metalwork. With beautiful illustrations and an accessible text, it is all summed up here in one compact volume.

Introduction	p. 5
The Gothic in the Renaissance	p. 11
The Gothic in Printed Books	p. 11
The Frontispiece of Rodez or the Aesthetic of the Disparate	p. 15
Vitality of the Gothic	p. 21
Gothic or Renaissance? Flamboyant Art	p. 22
Nature and Function of Gothic Ornamentation	p. 27
The Taste for Contrast	p. 32
Italian Ornamentation	p. 36
Variegated Designs: Gisors and Chaumont	p. 42
Toward Synthesis: Saint Eustache in Paris and Mareil-en-France	p. 49
Saint Etienne-du-Mont	p. 54
Fontainebleau, Rosso, and the Galerie Francois I	p. 61
The Chateau in the Renaissance	p. 61
Fontainebleau: The King at Home at Last	p. 67
Rosso Fiorentino	p. 69
The Galerie Francois I	p. 70
Stuccos and Frescoes: Techniques and Modes of Representation	p. 74
Reading Problems	p. 78
The Emblem	p. 89
The Vienna Tapestry: A Duplicate of the Galerie?	p. 93
Rosso in France	p. 96
The Antique-Style of Classicism in the 1540s: Cellini, Serlio, and Primaticcio	p. 99
Benvenuto Cellini: Goldsmith, Sculptor, and Adventurer	p. 99
Serlio: Architect and Theorist	p. 103
Primaticcio: His Career and Role at Fontainebleau	p. 106
Primaticcio at the End of the Reign of Francois I (1540-47)	p. 114
The Lessons of Fontainebleau	p. 123
The Role of Prints	p. 125
Original Printmakers	p. 131
The Publication of Rosso and the Ornamental Style	p. 132
The Popularization of Fontainebleau Ornament	p. 139
Rosso, Designer of Objets d'Art	p. 140
Luca Penni	p. 142
Painting	p. 145
Pierre Lescot, Jean Goujon, and the Louvre	p. 155
The Louvre of the Renaissance and its Authors	p. 156
The Jube at Saint Germain-l'Auxerrois	p. 160
Goujon in Rouen	p. 165
Pierre de Saint Quentin and the "Goujon Style"	p. 168
Pierre Lescot	p. 171
Goujon without Lescot	p. 174
The Fontaine des Innocents	p. 179
The Louvre as Architectural Decor	p. 182
The Interior Decoration	p. 186
The Ballroom	p. 189
The Clouets	p. 195
The Court Portrait	p. 195
Lady in Her Bath: Portraiture with a Difference	p. 204
Jean Cousin and Painting	p. 227
Felibien and the Beginnings of Painting in France	p. 227
Growth of the Legend and Nationalist History	p. 231
Maurice Roy and Archival Documents	p. 234
Jean Cousin and the "Primitives"	p. 236
The Dearth of Sixteenth-Century French Painting	p. 237
The Works and Style of Jean Cousin the Elder	p. 246
Problems of Attribution	p. 254
Like Father, Like Son? The Question of the Drawings	p. 257
The Cousin Genre?	p. 265
Jean Cousin and the Artistic Professions	p. 267
Was Jean Cousin a Sculptor? Dead Stones Do Tell Tales...	p. 268
Tapestry	p. 273
Toiles Peintes: Painted Hangings	p. 281
Stained Glass	p. 283
Armor and Goldsmithing	p. 294
Illustrated Books	p. 300
Paris and the Provinces	p. 309
Local Specialities	p. 310
Innovation in the Provinces	p. 315
Three Provincial Centers: Toulouse, Lyon, and Troyes	p. 318
Langres, Jean Duvet, and the Cardinal of Givry	p. 335
Sculpture and Death	p. 351
The Renewal of Sculpture c. 1400	p. 354
Large-Scale Theatrical Sculpture	p. 359
Tombs	p. 371
The Tomb of Louis XII, a New Formula for the Royal Sepulcher	p. 374
The Tomb of Francois I and the Work of Pierre Bontemps	p. 374
The Tomb of Henri II--Germain Pilon	p. 379
Ligier Richier	p. 388
Death in the Garden	p. 392
A Sense of National Identity--Philibert de L'Orme	p. 395
Language as the Catalyst of National Awareness	p. 395
Philibert de l'Orme, French Author-Architect	p. 402
Early French Classicism	p. 420
Notes	p. 425
Bibliography	p. 457
Index of Names	p. 467
Topographical Index	p. 471
Photographic Credits	p. 475
Acknowledgments	p. 477
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