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Titre Patronnes et mécènes au cœur de la Renaissance française
Auteur Kathleen WILSON-CHEVALIER
Mir@bel Revue Le Moyen Age
Numéro tome 117, no 3, 2011 Le mécénat féminin en France et en Bourgogne XV-XVIe siècles. Nouvelles perspectives
Rubrique / Thématique
Le mécénat féminin en France et en Bourgogne XVe-XVIe siècles. Nouvelles perspectives
Page 577-602
Résumé anglais Female Patrons and Female Commissioners at the Heart of the French Renaissance This article proposes an overview of the patronage of some of the great ladies of rank who, at the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries, gravitated around the fulcrum of power in France. “Honest” or “dishonest” (to use the terms then invoked), these women instigated an impressive number of recognized masterpieces in virtually every medium (painting, sculpture, architecture and more), from the Moulins Triptych, to the castle of Anet, to “the greatest building project of the sixteenth century”, the Tuileries. Moreover, a number of distinguished writings on architecture, including the Plus Excellents Bastiments de France by Du Cerceau, were directed at female dedicatees. In the manner of the works propelled by men, those created at the behest of women patrons prove to be inflected by power struggles, dynastic rivalries, political alliances, family ties and friendships ; however, the eyes of these “patronnes” were often riveted on the experiences and achievements of their female peers.
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