Outline
Italy
Renaissance
17th C.
18th C.
France
Renaissance
Paris
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Central Europe
18th C.
England
16th C.
17th C.
18th C.
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French Architecture under King Louis XII (1610-1643) and
Armand-Jean Du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu
Salomon de Brosse (1571-1626)
Palais du Luxembourg, Paris - Begun 1614 for Marie de' Medicis, queen of King Henry IV and regent of France.
It was largely completed in 1626.
The galleries were to be furnished with allegorical paintings by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the lives of Marie de' Medicis and Henry IV.
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Chateau de Blerancourt, Begun in 1612 by Salomon de Brosse.
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St. Gervaise, The facade was designed by Salomon de Brosse in 1618.
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Jacques Lemercier (1580/85-1654)
Richelieu, Chateau and town begun in 1631
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Church of the Sorbonne, Paris - Begun 1635, upon a commission of Cardinal Richelieu.
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Francois Mansart (1598-1666)
Ste-Marie-da-la-Visitation, Paris - Built 1632-33
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Chateau de Balleroy, Begun 1631 near Bayeux.
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Orleans Wing, Chateau, Blois - Built 1635-38, for the Duc d'Orleans.
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Val-de-Grace, Paris - Begun 1645, for Anne of Austria, queen of Louis XIII,
as a votive offering for the birth of her son, the future King Louis XIV.
It was completed in 1667 by Lemercier.
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Chateau Maisons, Built 1642-46, for Rene de Longueil.
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Louis Le Vau (1612-70)
Hotel Lambert, Paris - Built 1640-44, on the Isle Saint-Louis. Interior spaces were decorated by Charles Lebrun.
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Chateau, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Built 1657-61, for Nicholas Fouquet.
The interior was decorated by Charles Lebrun, and the gardens designed by Andre Le Notre.
On 17 August 1661, Fouquet entertained the King and his court at a splendid fete.
For this occasion he commissioned a new comedy by Moliere with ballet and music by Lully.
A description of the affair was written by Fouquet's personal poet, La Fontaine.
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