The Arts in France under Charles VII. 1422-1461.
Meeting of National Museums| N° d'inventaire | 30514 |
| Format | 21.8 X 28.5 |
| Détails | 320p., numerous illustrations, hardcover, publisher's cardboard |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782711880195 |
Catalogue of the exhibition The Arts in France under Charles VII (1422-1461), presented at the Musée de Cluny, Paris (March 12 - June 16, 2024).
The catalog highlights the extraordinary artistic revival during the reign of Charles VII (1422-1461), a king inseparable from the epic of Joan of Arc.
From the 1420s, during the Hundred Years' War, the Kingdom of France underwent profound political and artistic changes. In the north of the kingdom, occupied by the English and the Burgundians, multiple artistic centers emerged.
When the Dauphin Charles managed to regain his throne, and then his kingdom, the conditions for renewal were ripe. Major patrons, such as Jacques Cœur, called upon a new generation of artists. These artists converted to Flemish realism, known as ars nova, which was booming, notably with Jan van Eyck, while, through Italian influence, they absorbed the ancient heritage developed by artists such as Filippo Brunelleschi, Donatello, and Giovanni Bellini.
The exhibition and its catalogue show the diversity of artistic production during this period, through prestigious illuminated manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, goldwork, stained glass and tapestries.
Exceptional works are featured there, such as the canopy of Charles VII (tapestry, Louvre Museum), the manuscript of the Grandes Heures de Rohan (BNF), the painting of the Annunciation of Aix (Aix-en-Provence) by Barthélémy d'Eyck, painter of Duke René of Anjou who illuminated his Book of Tournaments (BNF) or the alabaster recumbent statue of Agnès Sorel (City of Loches).
A section is devoted to Jean Fouquet, one of the greatest French painters of the 15th century. A brilliant illuminator, he is the author of the famous portrait painted on wood of Charles VII.
Catalogue of the exhibition The Arts in France under Charles VII (1422-1461), presented at the Musée de Cluny, Paris (March 12 - June 16, 2024).
The catalog highlights the extraordinary artistic revival during the reign of Charles VII (1422-1461), a king inseparable from the epic of Joan of Arc.
From the 1420s, during the Hundred Years' War, the Kingdom of France underwent profound political and artistic changes. In the north of the kingdom, occupied by the English and the Burgundians, multiple artistic centers emerged.
When the Dauphin Charles managed to regain his throne, and then his kingdom, the conditions for renewal were ripe. Major patrons, such as Jacques Cœur, called upon a new generation of artists. These artists converted to Flemish realism, known as ars nova, which was booming, notably with Jan van Eyck, while, through Italian influence, they absorbed the ancient heritage developed by artists such as Filippo Brunelleschi, Donatello, and Giovanni Bellini.
The exhibition and its catalogue show the diversity of artistic production during this period, through prestigious illuminated manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, goldwork, stained glass and tapestries.
Exceptional works are featured there, such as the canopy of Charles VII (tapestry, Louvre Museum), the manuscript of the Grandes Heures de Rohan (BNF), the painting of the Annunciation of Aix (Aix-en-Provence) by Barthélémy d'Eyck, painter of Duke René of Anjou who illuminated his Book of Tournaments (BNF) or the alabaster recumbent statue of Agnès Sorel (City of Loches).
A section is devoted to Jean Fouquet, one of the greatest French painters of the 15th century. A brilliant illuminator, he is the author of the famous portrait painted on wood of Charles VII.