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French Renaissance architecture is a style which was prominent between the late 15th and early 17th centuries in the Kingdom of France. It succeeded French Gothic architecture. The style was originally imported from Italy after the Hundred Years' War by the French kings Charles VII, Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII and François I.
23 Νοε 2020 · Renaissance architecture was an evolving movement that is, today, commonly divided into three phases: Early Renaissance (c. 1400 onwards), the first tentative reuse of classical ideas; High Renaissance (c. 1500), the full-blooded revival of classicism
23 Μαΐ 2022 · Contributing to Europe’s emergence into the Renaissance, the period ushered in a new era of architecture after a phase of Gothic art, with the rise of notions of ‘Humanism’. The idea of ...
22 Αυγ 2021 · The Renaissance style replaced the medieval Gothic style and took its inspiration from Roman ruins present in Italy as well as from books of ancient architects, such as Vitruvius. It is a style that both revives and innovates the techniques of ancient Greeks and Romans.
The classical period of Renaissance France is characterized by innovation in decoration, realization of the orders, true geometries, and simple forms, associated with Pierre Lescot (1515-1578), Philibert de l’Orme (1514-1570), and Jacques Androuet I du Cerceau (1510-1584).
French Renaissance architecture features symmetric layouts, classical orders, and elaborate decorative elements like pilasters, cornices, and sculptures. It often includes steeply pitched roofs, extensive use of dormer windows, and a combination of Gothic and Italian Renaissance influences.
The French Renaissance traditionally extends from (roughly) the 1494 French invasion of Italy during the reign of Charles VIII until the 1610 death of Henry IV, with an apex during the 1515–1559 reigns of Francis I and Henry II.
