CHICAGO NOW
February 28, 2011
ILLINOIS — Early French Renaissance art receives the royal treatment in the first major US exhibit devoted to the period which opened this week at the Art Institute of Chicago. First shown in Paris, the exhibit provides a rare glimpse of the period in which late Gothic exuberance was influenced by the energy and harmony of the Renaissance. The collection of nearly 120 exquisite objects -- including stained glass, tapestries, altarpieces, sculptures and illuminated manuscripts -- features art produced around 1500. It was a dynamic period in which France entered an age of rapid expansion and creative energy as two young kings -- Charles VIII and Louis XII, both married to the same queen -- pursued dynastic claims and dreams of glory. [link]
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