France and Italy. The Evolution of Classicism under Francis I

Sabine Frommel, Directress of Renaissance Art Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes – Sorbonne, gives the lecture held on the 27th February 2013 at 3. 30 p.m. in the Institute of Art History, Husova 4, Prague 1, room 117. In her paper she will elucidate the adoption of Italian typologies and patterns in the field of architecture during the reign of Francis I (1515–1547). It is focused on the role of Italians at the French court (Leonardo da Vinci, Rosso FIorentinom, Sebastiano Serlio, Francesco Primaticcio) and analyses how Italian paradigms and Franch tradition come together in new synthesis. The reconstruction of the western wing of the Louvre by Pierre Lescot, the most significant example of French classicism, will be at the core of our subject.

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