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French Renaissance, the Glossary

The French Renaissance was the cultural and artistic movement in France between the 15th and early 17th centuries.^[1]

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A Lady in Her Bath

A Lady in Her Bath is an oil on wood painting by French artist François Clouet, created in 1571.

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Age of Discovery

The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail.

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Air de cour

The air de cour was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650.

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As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with moral or political significance.

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Ambroise Dubois

Ambroise Dubois (1542/70–1614/19) was a Flemish-born French painter.

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Antoine de Bertrand

Antoine de Bertrand (also Anthoine) (1530/1540 – probably 1581) was a French composer of the Renaissance.

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Art movement

An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific art philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a specific period of time, (usually a few months, years or decades) or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years.

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Avignon Papacy

The Avignon Papacy (French: Papauté d'Avignon) was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (at the time within the Kingdom of Arles, part of the Holy Roman Empire; now part of France) rather than in Rome.

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Battle of Marignano

The Battle of Marignano was the last major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai and took place on 13–14 September 1515, near the town now called Melegnano, 16 km southeast of Milan.

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Black Death

The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.

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Burgundian School

The Burgundian School was a group of composers active in the 15th century in what is now northern and eastern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, centered on the court of the Dukes of Burgundy.

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Canzona

The canzona is an Italian musical form derived from the Franco-Flemish and Parisian chansons, and during Giovanni Gabrieli's lifetime was frequently spelled canzona, though both earlier and later the singular was spelled either canzon or canzone with the plural canzoni.

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Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici (Caterina de' Medici,; Catherine de Médicis,; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian (Florentine) noblewoman born into the Medici family.

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Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts

Catherine de' Medici was a patron of the arts made a significant contribution to the French Renaissance.

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Chanson

A chanson (chanson française) is generally any lyric-driven French song.

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Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable (l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498.

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Château

A château (plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.

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Château d'Amboise

The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, located in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. French Renaissance and château d'Amboise are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château d'Azay-le-Rideau

The Château d'Azay-le-Rideau is located in the town of Azay-le-Rideau in the French département of Indre-et-Loire.

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Château d'Écouen

The Château d'Écouen is an historic château in the commune of Écouen, some 20 km north of Paris, France, and a notable example of French Renaissance architecture. French Renaissance and château d'Écouen are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château de Chambord

The Château de Chambord in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture, which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. French Renaissance and château de Chambord are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château de Chantilly

The Château de Chantilly is a historic French château located in the town of Chantilly, Oise, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Paris. French Renaissance and château de Chantilly are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château de Chenonceau

The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. French Renaissance and château de Chenonceau are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château de Valençay

Château de Valençay is a château in the commune of Valençay, in the Indre department of France.

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Château de Villandry

The Château de Villandry is a grand country house located in Villandry, in the département of Indre-et-Loire, France.

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Châteaux of the Loire Valley

The châteaux of the Loire Valley (châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the river Loire in France. French Renaissance and châteaux of the Loire Valley are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Christian music

Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith.

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Claude Deruet

Claude Deruet (1588–1660) was a famous French Baroque painter of the 17th century, from the city of Nancy.

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Claude Goudimel

Claude Goudimel (c. 1514 to 1520 – between 28 August and 31 August 1572) was a French composer, music editor and publisher, and music theorist of the High Renaissance.

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Claude Le Jeune

Claude Le Jeune (1528 to 1530 – buried 26 September 1600) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance.

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Claudin de Sermisy

Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490 – 13 October 1562) was a French composer of the Renaissance.

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Clément Janequin

Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558) was a French composer of the Renaissance.

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Clos Lucé

The Château du Clos Lucé (or simply Clos Lucé), formerly called Manoir du Cloux, is a large château located in the center of Amboise, in the department of Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

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Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is a method of composition in which two or more musical lines (or voices) are simultaneously played which are harmonically correlated yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour.

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Cultural movement

A cultural movement is a change in the way a number of different disciplines approach their work.

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Dactyl (poetry)

A dactyl (δάκτυλος, dáktylos, “finger”) is a foot in poetic meter.

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Diane de Poitiers

Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and prominent courtier.

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Duchy of Burgundy

The Duchy of Burgundy (Ducatus Burgundiae; Duché de Bourgogne) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the Frankish Empire.

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Duchy of Lorraine

The Duchy of Lorraine (Lorraine; Lothringen), originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France.

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Etching

Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal.

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Field of the Cloth of Gold

The Field of the Cloth of Gold (Camp du Drap d'Or) was a summit meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France from 7 to 24 June 1520.

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Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

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Flemish people

Flemish people or Flemings (Vlamingen) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch.

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Florentine Camerata

The Florentine Camerata, also known as the Camerata de' Bardi, were a group of humanists, musicians, poets and intellectuals in late Renaissance Florence who gathered under the patronage of Count Giovanni de' Bardi to discuss and guide trends in the arts, especially music and drama.

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François Clouet

François Clouet (– 22 December 1572), son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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France in the early modern period

The Kingdom of France in the early modern period, from the Renaissance to the Revolution (1789–1804), was a monarchy ruled by the House of Bourbon (a Capetian cadet branch).

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Francesco Primaticcio

Francesco Primaticcio (April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France.

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Francis I of France

Francis I (er|; Françoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547.

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Franco-Flemish School

The designation Franco-Flemish School, also called Netherlandish School, Burgundian School, Low Countries School, Flemish School, Dutch School, or Northern School, refers to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition originating from France and from the Burgundian Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries as well as to the composers who wrote it.

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Frans Pourbus the Younger

Frans Pourbus the Younger or Frans Pourbus (II) (Antwerp, 1569 – Paris, 1622) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History was a Flemish painter, specialised in portrait painting.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French Renaissance architecture

French Renaissance architecture is a style which was prominent between the late 15th and early 17th centuries in the Kingdom of France. French Renaissance and French Renaissance architecture are Renaissance architecture in France.

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French Renaissance literature

French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascension of Henry IV of France to the throne.

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Georgette de Montenay

Georgette de Montenay (1540–1581) was the French author of Emblemes ou devises chrestiennes, published in Lyon between 1567 and 1571.

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Germain Pilon

Germain Pilon (c. 1525 – 3 February 1590)Connat & Colombier 1951; Thirion 1996.

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Gilles Binchois

Gilles de Bins dit Binchois (also Binchoys; – 20 September 1460) was a Franco-Flemish composer of early Renaissance music.

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Giovanni da Verrazzano

Giovanni da Verrazzano (often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian (Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.

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Grotto

A grotto is a natural or artificial cave used by humans in both modern times and antiquity, and historically or prehistorically.

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Guillaume de La Perrière

Guillaume de La Perrière (1499/1503 in Toulouse – 1565) was one of the earliest French writers of emblem books. French Renaissance and Guillaume de La Perrière are arts and culture in the Ancien Régime.

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Guillaume Du Fay

Guillaume Du Fay (also Dufay, Du Fayt; 5 August 1397(?) – 27 November 1474) was a composer and music theorist of early Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish.

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Henry II of France

Henry II (Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559.

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Henry IV of France

Henry IV (Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Humanism

Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. French Renaissance and Hundred Years' War are 15th century in France.

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Illuminated manuscript

An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations.

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Italian Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance (Rinascimento) was a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries. French Renaissance and Italian Renaissance are Renaissance.

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Italian Wars

The Italian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between 1494 and 1559, mostly in the Italian Peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and Mediterranean Sea. French Renaissance and Italian Wars are 15th century in France and 16th century in France.

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Jacques Bellange

Jacques Bellange (c. 1575–1616) was an artist and printmaker from the Duchy of Lorraine (then independent but now part of France) whose etchings and some drawings are his only securely identified works today.

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Jacques Callot

Jacques Callot (– 1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands).

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Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier (Jakez Karter; 31 December 14911 September 1557) was a French-Breton maritime explorer for France.

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Jean Clouet

Jean (or Janet) Clouet (1480–1541) was a miniaturist and painter who worked in France during the High Renaissance.

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Jean Cousin the Elder

Jean Cousin (1500 – before 1593) was a French painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician.

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Jean Fouquet

Jean (or Jehan) Fouquet (–1481) was a French painter and miniaturist.

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Jean Goujon

Jean GoujonThirion, Jacques (1996).

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Jean Mouton

Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – 30 October 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance.

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Jean-Antoine de Baïf

Jean Antoine de Baïf (19 February 1532 – 19 September 1589) was a French poet and member of the Pléiade.

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Josquin des Prez

Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez (– 27 August 1521) was a composer of High Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish.

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Jules Michelet

Jules Michelet (21 August 1798 – 9 February 1874) was a French historian and writer.

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Kingdom of France

The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period.

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La Pléiade

La Pléiade was a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf.

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Labyrinth

In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (λαβύρινθος||) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

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Ligier Richier

Ligier Richier (1567) was a French sculptor active in Saint-Mihiel in Northeastern France.

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List of French monarchs

France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions.

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Loire

The Loire (Léger; Lêre; Liger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.

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Louis XII

Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515) was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.

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Luxembourg Palace

The Luxembourg Palace (Palais du Luxembourg) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Lyon

Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon), formerly spelled in English as Lyons, is the second largest city of France by urban area It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne.

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Mannerism

Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it. French Renaissance and Mannerism are Renaissance.

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Marie de' Medici

Marie de' Medici (Marie de Médicis; Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV.

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Martin Fréminet

Martin Fréminet (24 September 1567 – 18 June 1619) was a French historical painter.

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Melun Diptych

The Melun Diptych is a two-panel oil painting by the French court painter Jean Fouquet (–1481) created around 1452.

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Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.

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Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa (Gioconda or Monna Lisa; Joconde) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.

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Motet

In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present.

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Music history of France

France has a rich music history that was already prominent in Europe as far back as the 10th century.

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Musique mesurée

Musique mesurée à l'antique was a style of vocal musical composition in France in the late 16th century.

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Myth

Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.

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New France

New France (Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.

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Niccolò dell'Abbate

Niccolò dell'Abbate, sometimes Nicolò and Abate (1509 or 15121571) was a Mannerist Italian painter in fresco and oils.

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Northern Renaissance

The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps. French Renaissance and Northern Renaissance are Renaissance.

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Palace of Fontainebleau

Palace of Fontainebleau (Château de Fontainebleau), located southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.

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Palais ducal de Nevers

The Ducal Palace of Nevers (Palais ducal de Nevers) is a residence castle of the 15th and 16th centuries that once belonged to the counts and dukes of Nevers.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Parmigianino

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino ("the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma.

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Parterre

A parterre is a part of a formal garden constructed on a level substrate, consisting of symmetrical patterns, made up by plant beds, plats, low hedges or coloured gravels, which are separated and connected by paths.

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Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat.

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Philibert de l'Orme

Philibert de l'Orme (3-9 June 1514 – 8 January 1570) was a French architect and writer, and one of the great masters of French Renaissance architecture.

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Pierre de Ronsard

Pierre de Ronsard (11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a "prince of poets".

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Pierre Lescot

Pierre Lescot (– 10 September 1578) was a French architect active during the French Renaissance.

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Place Dauphine

The Place Dauphine is a public square located near the western end of the Île de la Cité in the first arrondissement of Paris.

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Place des Vosges

The Place des Vosges, originally the Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, France.

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Polyphony

Polyphony is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice (monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

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Pont Neuf

The Pont Neuf ("New Bridge""Neuf" when used as a NOUN is a number (nine or 9). When describing a noun (adjective) it means new or unused. (http://translate.google.com/translate_t#fr|en|Neuf)-->) is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France.

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Psalm 130

Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the penitential psalms and one of 15 psalms that begin with the words "A song of ascents" (Shir Hama'alot).

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Reformed Christianity

Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.

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Rosso Fiorentino

Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (8 March 1495 – 14 November 1540), known as Rosso Fiorentino (meaning "Florentine Redhead" in Italian) or Il Rosso ("The Redhead"), was an Italian Mannerist painter who worked in oil and fresco and belonged to the Florentine school.

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Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo)

Saint John the Baptist is a High Renaissance oil painting on walnut wood by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Saint-Mihiel

Saint-Mihiel is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in Northeastern France.

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School of Fontainebleau

The School of Fontainbleau (École de Fontainebleau) refers to two periods of artistic production in France during the late French Renaissance centered on the royal Palace of Fontainebleau that were crucial in forming Northern Mannerism, and represent the first major production of Italian Mannerist art in France. French Renaissance and School of Fontainebleau are French art.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Renaissance

Also known as Renaissance France, Renaissance in France.

, Frans Pourbus the Younger, French language, French Renaissance architecture, French Renaissance literature, Georgette de Montenay, Germain Pilon, Gilles Binchois, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Grotto, Guillaume de La Perrière, Guillaume Du Fay, Henry II of France, Henry IV of France, Henry VIII, Humanism, Hundred Years' War, Illuminated manuscript, Italian Renaissance, Italian Wars, Jacques Bellange, Jacques Callot, Jacques Cartier, Jean Clouet, Jean Cousin the Elder, Jean Fouquet, Jean Goujon, Jean Mouton, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Josquin des Prez, Jules Michelet, Kingdom of France, La Pléiade, Labyrinth, Leonardo da Vinci, Ligier Richier, List of French monarchs, Loire, Louis XII, Louvre, Luxembourg Palace, Lyon, Mannerism, Marie de' Medici, Martin Fréminet, Melun Diptych, Michelangelo, Mona Lisa, Motet, Music history of France, Musique mesurée, Myth, New France, Niccolò dell'Abbate, Northern Renaissance, Palace of Fontainebleau, Palais ducal de Nevers, Paris, Parmigianino, Parterre, Peter Paul Rubens, Philibert de l'Orme, Pierre de Ronsard, Pierre Lescot, Place Dauphine, Place des Vosges, Polyphony, Pont Neuf, Psalm 130, Reformed Christianity, Renaissance, Rhetoric, Rosso Fiorentino, Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo), Saint-Mihiel, School of Fontainebleau, Sonata, St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, Toulouse, Toussaint Dubreuil, Tuileries Palace, Waterfall.

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15th century in France

16th century in France

17th century in France

Arts and culture in the Ancien Régime

Cultural history of France

Northern Renaissance

Renaissance

Renaissance architecture in France

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