Paris Art Studies – Early Autumn 2012
Kings, Queens and Royal Mistresses of
Renaissance Paris: 1515-1589
with Chris Boïcos and Dimitri Papalexis for costume history.
Friday 14 Sep. 10:30 am – 12 noon – Slide Lecture – François I, Henri II, Diane de Poitiers
and the dawning of the Renaissance in France.
Friday 21 Sep. 11 am
– 1 pm – Visit – Château de
Fontainebleau. Meet with your train ticket at Gare de Lyon 10:05 sharp for
10:19 train to Fontainebleau-Avon (direction Montargis) at the beginning of the
platform. Or meet at château de Fontainebleau public entrance (right hand side
of courtyard) at 11:20 am.
Friday 28 Sep. 10:30
am – 12 noon – Slide Lecture – Catherine
de Medici, her sons and the Wars of Religion.
Friday 5 Oct. 10:30
am – 12 noon – Slide Lecture – Costume
and fashions of Renaissance France. With couturier and costume historian Dimitri Papalexis.
Friday 12 Oct. 10:30
am – 12 noon – Visit, Musée du Louvre – Painting
and Sculpture of the French Renaissance.
Meet by information desk under Pyramid with ticket in hand at 10:15 am.
Bibliography:
Anthony Blunt, Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700, Pelican History of Art,
Penguin (latest edition).
Colin Jones Paris, Biography of a City, Penguin.