Exploration and Revelation: French Renaissance Studies in Honour of Colin Eisler

Exploration and Revelation: French Renaissance Studies in Honour of Colin EislerOverview Under the aegis of discerning patrons such as Francis I, Henri II, and Catherine de Medici, France developed a rich artistic vocabulary dominated by elongated figures, inventive decorative motifs, and intriguing subject matter. The frequently ephemeral nature of artistic production during this period, along with losses engendered by time and events like the French Revolution, has meant that this is a period still flush with rewarding

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Introduction — Carla Zecher
Selected Bibliography of French Renaissance Work by Colin Eisler

1. ‘la roine d’escosse marie estamt petite’: François Clouet’s Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, as a Little Girl — Suzanne Boorsch
   2. Beauty Secrets: The Art of Perfumery and Cosmetics in Renaissance France — Yassana Croizat-Glazer
   3. New Light, New Thoughts on Baptiste Pellerin as a Draughtsman — George A. Wanklyn
   4. Sixteenth–Century French Armour Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art — Stuart W. Pyhrr
   5. Designs for Tombs in Sixteenth-Century France — Ian Wardropper
   6. Death and Afterlife of the Late Valois Court Style in Sculpture — Mary L. Levkoff
   7. A Consideration of the Influence of the French Renaissance on the Work of Clodion — Anne L. Poulet
   8. An Early Enseigne of the Ordre de Saint-Michel Discovered — Colin Eisler

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