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Modern french renaissance furniture.
We come to the french renaissance and they enjoy furniture so much they open two schools of furniture design.
Chairs became larger and more ornate with high richly carved backs.
The northern europeans were more concerned about their craftsmen spending time on armor and building fortresses than making furniture.
French artists copied italian designs but refined the style by carving intricate patterns on drawers and cabinet panels.
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Furniture is not just a thing to sit on anymore.
The second school in paris france focused on figures and motifs.
The italians were so far ahead of northern europe with the renaissance and the influence it had on furniture.
The french renaissance was the cultural and artistic movement in france between the 15th and early 17th centuries in the late 15th century the french invasion of italy under the reign of louis xii brought the french into contact with the goods paintings furniture and the creative spirit of the italian renaissance with the initial artistic changes in france often carried out by italian and.
More than any other country france s complex political history is reflected in the fine and decorative arts of each era.
One in burgandy france focused on carving in high relief figures and featuring fantastic beasts.
A brief history of furniture continued.