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- Title
Architectural Network as Dynastic Strategy in Fontainebleau's Galerie des Cerfs.
- Authors
Narkin, Elisabeth
- Abstract
Around 1604, Henri IV commissioned a cycle of mural maps depicting royal residences in Fontainebleau's newly constructed Galerie des Cerfs. The gallery was part of Henri IV's response to the dynastic disruption and civil war that had precipitated his ascendance and was designed to signal his authority over France as a unified realm. This article examines the Galerie des Cerfs in the context of contemporary cartography and architecture as an expression of continuity at a moment when the royal family's retreat to the Paris region threatened the political efficacy of the architectural network that had previously sustained the monarchy.
- Subjects
FONTAINEBLEAU (France); CHATEAU de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France); FRENCH architecture; MAPS in art; MURAL art; HENRY IV, King of France, 1553-1610
- Publication
Renaissance Quarterly, 2021, Vol 74, Issue 2, p454
- ISSN
0034-4338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/rqx.2021.3