Francesco Primaticcio
By: Sydney Walsh
Personal Info
Jardin des Pins at Fontainebleau
This architecture is called Jardin des Pins at Fontainebleau, this piece was created in 1565. You can still see the architecture located at Fontainebleau in France. This work was one of Francesco's earliest works which includes both sculpture and architecture techniques. He was inspired by the artistic drought in Rome, Italy which caused him to build this piece. This work focuses on classicism with its symmetry and detail in the palace. I find this piece interesting since it seems too complex to have been one of his first projects. Also he did more painting than he did architecture so it's interesting that he started with this.
Works Cited
Francesco Primaticcio Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth Hermitage Museum ARTstor SCALA_ARCHIVES_10313879045 http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=4iFCeTg4NCciJy8laCt2KngqXXsgclN1fSc%3D
Fontainebleau: Palace: Int.: Gallery of Francis I;Gallerie Francois Premier 1533-40 ARTstor ARTSTOR_103_41822003364690 http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3oreF9%2Bdi8%3D
Primaticcio, Francesco (Italian, 1504-1570) (author of design) [painter]; Badouin, Claude (French, act.1535-1550) (cartoon creator) [painter] Danae;Gallery of François I;Kunsthistorisches Museum set;Detail showing central scene;Detail of head of Danae c. 1545 Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum;http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/photo_study_collection/;According to a 1690 inventory, these tapestries were in the collections of the crown of Austria & were a gift of François I. ARTstor GETTY_GGTAP_1031172401 http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=9jNRdDggMjQgOT81FTx5RnkvWn8vfA%3D%3D