Renaissance in France & C. Europe

by Pierre Lescot is one of the most imposing palaces in Europe
• originally a fortress turned into a Renaissance “palace” over time
• The Musée du Louvre was not originally a museum. It was a
fortress that was built in 1190.

• PALAIS DE LOUVRE (Musee de Louvre) 1190

• PALAIS DE VERSAILLES (1631)

• PALAIS DU LUXEMBOURG (1615)

• PALAIS DE FONTAINEBLEAU (1528)

• -famous for its “Galerie des Glaces” (Hall of Mirrors)
  by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in a lavish interior of marble and goldwork

-gardens represent the finest extant example of French garden
design

• PALAIS DE LOUVRE (Musee de Louvre) 1190

• PALAIS DE VERSAILLES (1631)

• PALAIS DU LUXEMBOURG (1615)

• PALAIS DE FONTAINEBLEAU (1528)

• -by Salomon de Brosse in French baroque
  -was modelled after Palazzo Pitti in Florence

• PALAIS DE LOUVRE (Musee de Louvre) 1190

• PALAIS DE VERSAILLES (1631)

• PALAIS DU LUXEMBOURG (1615)

• PALAIS DE FONTAINEBLEAU (1528)

• -one of the largest French royal chateaux

• -by Gilles Le Breton

• -UNESCO World Heritage, 1981

• PALAIS DE LOUVRE (Musee de Louvre) 1190

• PALAIS DE VERSAILLES (1631)

• PALAIS DU LUXEMBOURG (1615)

• PALAIS DE FONTAINEBLEAU (1528)

-2nd largest triumphal arch in the world

-by Jean Chalgrin

-was inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus

• ARC DE TRIOMPHE

• ST. ETIENNE-DU-MONT (1494)

• ST. GERVAIS (1494)

• S. PAUL and S. LOUIS (1627)

• 
  - famous “jube” or rood screen in Renaissance details extending
  across the aisles has double staircases with ornate balustrades

• - a hybrid of Gothic and Renaissance forms

-by Philibert de L’Orme

• ARC DE TRIOMPHE

• ST. ETIENNE-DU-MONT (1494)

• ST. GERVAIS (1494)

• S. PAUL and S. LOUIS (1627)

• -has classical façade with 3 orders by Salomon de Brosse
  - a fine example of French Baroque

• ARC DE TRIOMPHE

• ST. ETIENNE-DU-MONT (1494)

• ST. GERVAIS (1494)

• S. PAUL and S. LOUIS (1627)

- its dome is the largest ever built and one of the first in Paris

• - plan was patterned from IL Gesu Chuch in Rome

• - classical Baroque façade by Francois Derand

• ARC DE TRIOMPHE

• ST. ETIENNE-DU-MONT (1494)

• ST. GERVAIS (1494)

• S. PAUL and S. LOUIS (1627)

by Jacques Lemercier with superimposed orders

• CHURCH OF THE SORBONNE (1635)

• CHURCH OF THE VAL DE GRACE (1634)

• ST. SULPICE (1646)

• DES INVALIDES 1646)

by Francois Mansart with classical façade

• CHURCH OF THE SORBONNE (1635)

• CHURCH OF THE VAL DE GRACE (1634)

• ST. SULPICE (1646)

• DES INVALIDES 1646)