Inventing the French Renaissance: François I and the Art of Fontainebleau

New Canaan Library reference staff member Chelsea Blance gives an evening art history lecture about how the Italian Renaissance came to France. After the Sack of Rome in 1527, artists fled the city. King François I brought Italian talent to his court, where Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio turned the palace of Fontainebleau into a showcase of painting, sculpted frames, carved woodwork and mythological figures. Their work founded the First School of Fontainebleau and helped shape French Renaissance art. The lecture is free; registration is required.