Curator’s visit; Surface/volume: the art of sculpture in France during the Renaissance

Name: Curator’s visit; Surface/volume: the art of sculpture in France during the Renaissance
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée national de la Renaissance

This visit invites you to discover French sculpture, Champagne in Paris, the «precious style» with an «antique taste» and bas-relief to the great monumental sculpture.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 15:00, 16:30Passed

Conditions

free, on-site booking, 30 max

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By Guillaume Fonkenell, Chief Curator A la Renaissance, sculpture is a major art very open to innovations and experimentations. This visit invites you to explore the rooms of the National Renaissance Museum to discover French works, Champagne in Paris, from the «precious style» to the «antique taste» and the bas-relief to the great monumental sculpture.

About the location

Musée national de la Renaissance

Château d'Écouen 95440 Écouen

Val-d'Oise
Île-de-France

The castle, built from 1538 to 1555 by the constable Anne de Montmorency, retains part of its original decoration evoking the atmosphere of a great patron of the time: pavements of enamelled tiles executed by Masséot Abaquesne, locks, decorated panels, and painted fireplaces. Several architects took turns for its construction, including Jean Bullant who realized the portico of the south wing to present in niches "the slaves" of Michelangelo offered by the king of France Henri II to the Connétable. During the Revolution, the castle was saved from destruction by Abbé Grégoire. Its 17-hectare park of high forests is enclosed by a wall and is crossed by large alleys leading to a plain designed by Hardouin-Mansart at the end of the 17th century.
Picture: Aerial view of Ecouen Castle National Renaissance Museum