Kings, queens, and courtiers : art in early Renaissance France / Art in early Renaissance France Martha Wolff, general editor. - First edition. - 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 32 cm

Catalog 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.

The France of Charles VIII and Louis XII : a turning point? / The genesis of the work of art : the patron and the artist in France around 1500 / The artistic landscape around 1500 : words and things / Princesses as patrons / The transformations of the mid-fifteenth century / Louis XI and the princes of the blood / The kings and their artists / The sources of artistic creation : centers and artists / Bourges and the Loire Valley / The Bourbons and the Bourbonnais / Paris, capital of the arts / The North and the migration of artists / The diffusion of the work of art / The fascination of Italy : myth and reality / Philippe Contamine -- Philippe Lorentz -- Pierre-Yves Le Pogam -- Martha Wolff -- Frédéric Elsig -- Martha Wolff -- Thierry Crépin-Leblond and Martha Wolff -- Geneviève Bresc-Bautier -- Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot -- Martha Wolff -- Etienne Hamon -- Frédéric Elsig -- Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye and Séverine Lepape -- Geneviève Bresc-Bautier.

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Art, Early Renaissance--France--Exhibitions
Art, French--15th century--Exhibitions
Art, French--16th century--Exhibitions

N6845 / .K56 2011

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