The Palace of Fontainebleau, located 55 kilometres from the centre of Paris, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The palace as it is today is the work of many French monarchs, building on an early 16th century structure of Francis I. The building is arranged around a series of courtyards. The city of Fontainebleau has grown up around the remainder of the Forest of Fontainebleau, a former royal hunting park. The palace introduced to France the Italian Mannerist style in interior decoration and in gardens, and transformed them in the translation. The French Mannerist style of interior decoration of the 16th century is known as the "Fontainebleau style": it combined sculpture, metalwork, painting, stucco and woodwork, and outdoors introduced the patterned garden parterre. The Fontainebleau style combined allegorical paintings in moulded plasterwork where the framing was treated as if it were leather or paper, slashed and rolled into scrolls and combined with arabesques and grotesques. Fontainebleau ideals of female beauty are Mannerist: a small neat head on a long neck, exaggeratedly long torso and limbs, small high breasts—almost a return to Late Gothic beauties. The new works at Fontainebleau were recorded in refined and detailed engravings that circulated among connoisseurs and artists. Through the engravings by the "School of Fontainebleau" this new style was transmitted to other northern European centres, Antwerp especially, and Germany, and eventually London.
PICTURE OF RAILWAY-STATION Very similar to ours in India, but very clean. No people visible unlike India.
PICTURE OF ROSES( third picture from the top) Very colourfull and beautiful roses. Natural beauty, gift of nature.
Picture of Symphony siting on the green grass, alone, dressed all in blue with white scarf around her neck. Miss BLUE SMILING TO GLORY.
Picture of canal with ducks in the water, long stretch of lawn with green grass and thick trees on either sides of the canal all very lovely.
CHARLIEE'S GIRLS (Picture 21 from top downwards) Symphony and her two friends (close-up picture) the three together reminds me of Hollywood movies "CHARLIEE'S GIRLS" series. In these series the three leading ladies are the heroines (heroine oriented movies) they fight( mostly martial arts) they shoot, car chasing etc etc.
Picture of palace with interior decorations of sculpture, paintings, wood-work , metal-work and all the antique furniture are all just fantastic.
Vast areas of parks with green grass and pool of water with water-spring at the center all very lovely, but where are the people? These parks give a deserted look.
This picture of Symphony in a room (picture 101 from the top downwards) wearing blue jacket, holding a brown bag and the white scarf dangling down her neck, looks very STYLISH and above all the face with innocent looks, she looks RAVISHING. A perfect picture of STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL.
The Palace of Fontainebleau, located 55 kilometres from the centre of Paris, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The palace as it is today is the work of many French monarchs, building on an early 16th century structure of Francis I. The building is arranged around a series of courtyards. The city of Fontainebleau has grown up around the remainder of the Forest of Fontainebleau, a former royal hunting park.
ReplyDeleteThe palace introduced to France the Italian Mannerist style in interior decoration and in gardens, and transformed them in the translation. The French Mannerist style of interior decoration of the 16th century is known as the "Fontainebleau style": it combined sculpture, metalwork, painting, stucco and woodwork, and outdoors introduced the patterned garden parterre. The Fontainebleau style combined allegorical paintings in moulded plasterwork where the framing was treated as if it were leather or paper, slashed and rolled into scrolls and combined with arabesques and grotesques. Fontainebleau ideals of female beauty are Mannerist: a small neat head on a long neck, exaggeratedly long torso and limbs, small high breasts—almost a return to Late Gothic beauties. The new works at Fontainebleau were recorded in refined and detailed engravings that circulated among connoisseurs and artists. Through the engravings by the "School of Fontainebleau" this new style was transmitted to other northern European centres, Antwerp especially, and Germany, and eventually London.
PICTURE OF RAILWAY-STATION
ReplyDeleteVery similar to ours in India, but very clean. No people visible unlike India.
PICTURE OF ROSES( third picture from the top)
Very colourfull and beautiful roses. Natural beauty, gift of nature.
Picture of Symphony siting on the green grass, alone, dressed all in blue with white scarf around her neck. Miss BLUE SMILING TO GLORY.
Picture of canal with ducks in the water, long stretch of lawn with green grass and thick trees on either sides of the canal all very lovely.
CHARLIEE'S GIRLS (Picture 21 from top downwards)
Symphony and her two friends (close-up picture) the three together reminds me of Hollywood movies "CHARLIEE'S GIRLS" series. In these series the three leading ladies are the heroines (heroine oriented movies) they fight( mostly martial arts) they shoot, car chasing etc etc.
Picture of palace with interior decorations of sculpture, paintings, wood-work , metal-work and all the antique furniture are all just fantastic.
Vast areas of parks with green grass and pool of water with water-spring at the center all very lovely, but where are the people? These parks give a deserted look.
This picture of Symphony in a room (picture 101 from the top downwards) wearing blue jacket, holding a brown bag and the white scarf dangling down her neck, looks very STYLISH and above all the face with innocent looks, she looks RAVISHING. A perfect picture of STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL.
Comments posted by Peter Pandhya Raj from India.