Author: WOLFF, MARTHA (1949-), GENERAL EDITOR
Title: Kings, queens, and courtiers: art in early Renaissance France / Martha Wolff, general editor
Description: Chicago New Haven: Art Institute of Chicago; Distributed by Yale University Press 2011. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 208 p.: ill. (chiefly col.). ports. facsims. geneal. table. map; 32 cm. Notes; Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago. Feb. 27-May 30. 2011. Previously held under the title 'France 1500: Entre Moyen Age et Renaissance' at the Galeries nationales. Grand Palais. Paris. Oct. 6. 2010 - Jan. 10. 2011. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207. Contents; The France of Charles VIII and Louis XII: a turning point? / Philippe Contamine -- The genesis of the work of art: the patron and the artist in France around 1500 / Philippe Lorentz -- The artistic landscape around 1500: words and things / Pierre-Yves Le Pogam -- Princesses as patrons / Martha Wolff -- The transformations of the mid-fifteenth century / Frédéric Elsig -- Louis XI and the princes of the blood / Martha Wolff -- The kings and their artists / Thierry Crépin-Leblond and Martha Wolff -- The sources of artistic creation: centers and artists / Geneviève Bresc-Bautier -- Bourges and the Loire Valley / Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot -- The Bourbons and the Bourbonnais / Martha Wolff -- Paris. capital of the arts / Etienne Hamon -- The North and the migration of artists / Frédéric Elsig -- The diffusion of the work of art / Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye and Séverine Lepape -- The fascination of Italy: myth and reality / Geneviève Bresc-Bautier. Summary; This sumptuous catalogue provides an overview of French art circa 1500. a dynamic. transitional period when the country. resurgent after the dislocations of the Hundred Years' War. invaded Italy and all media flourished. What followed was the emergence of a unique art: the fusion of the Italian Renaissance with northern European Gothic styles. Outstanding examples of exquisite and revolutionary works are featured. including paintings. sculptures. illuminated manuscripts. stained glass. tapestries. and metalwork. Exciting new research brings to life court artists Jean Fouquet. Jean Bourdichon. Michel Colombe. Jean Poyer. and Jean Hey (The Master of Moulins). all of whose creations were used by kings and queens to assert power and prestige. Also detailed are the organization of workshops and the development of the influential art market in Paris and patronage in the Loire Valley. Review: 'American readers are well served by the more compact. beautifully illustrated English version. Recommended.' - W. Cahn. Choice. Subjects; Art Institute of Chicago. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France) Art. Early Renaissance - France - Exhibitions. Art. French - 15th century - Exhibitions. Art. French - 16th century - Exhibitions. Art. Renaissance - France - Exhibitions. Court artists - France - History - 15th century - Exhibitions. Court artists - France - History - 16th century - Exhibitions. France - Court and courtiers - History - 15th century. France - Court and courtiers - History - 16th century. Renaissance art; Human figures depicted in art. France; c 1500 to c 1600. ART / History / Renaissance. ART / European. ART / Collections. Catalogs. Exhibitions / General. HISTORY / Europe / France. HISTORY / Renaissance. Weight in Kg appr.:

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