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Musée Lorrain
The Ducal Palace of Nancy () is a former princely residence in Nancy, France, which was home to the Dukes of Lorraine. It houses the Musée Lorrain, one of Nancy's principal museums, dedicated to the art, history and popular traditions of Lorraine until the early 20th century. It has been listed since 1840 as a ''monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture. Ancien palais ducal, actuellement musée lorrain History The palace was built in the 15th century for René II, Duke of Lorraine. In the 18th century the palace was partly demolished under the rule of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine in preparation of greater projects he intended, but never completed. After the House of Habsburg had ceded Lorraine to French control in exchange for Tuscany, the new duke Stanisław Leszczyński resided in Lunéville. After Stanisław's death, his Duchy was inherited by his son-in-law, King Louis XV of France and incorporated in his dominions. The palace used to have St George's Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René II, Duke Of Lorraine
René II (2 May 1451 – 10 December 1508) was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493–1508. He succeeded his uncle John of Vaudémont as Count of Harcourt in 1473, exchanging it for the county of Aumale in 1495. He succeeded as Count of Guise in 1504. Life René was born in Angers, the son of Yolande of Lorraine and Frederick, Count of Vaudémont. He spent his youth in the court of his grandfather René I of Anjou between Angers and Provence. René succeeded his father in Vaudémont in 1470 and, three years later, his uncle as captain of Angers, seneschal and governor of Anjou. That same year he became Duke of Lorraine, which was at the time under the pressure of both Louis XI of France and Charles the Bold of Burgundy, with whom he initially allied. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and surpass the ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. Associated with great social change in most fields and disciplines, including Renaissance art, art, Renaissance architecture, architecture, politics, Renaissance literature, literature, Renaissance exploration, exploration and Science in the Renaissance, science, the Renaissance was first centered in the Republic of Florence, then spread to the Italian Renaissance, rest of Italy and later throughout Europe. The term ''rinascita'' ("rebirth") first appeared in ''Lives of the Artists'' () by Giorgio Vasari, while the corresponding French word was adopted into English as the term for this period during the 1830s. The Renaissance's intellectual basis was founded in its version of Renaiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Baroque Residences
This is a list of Baroque architecture, Baroque palaces and Residenz, residences built in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque, Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy and spread in Europe. The style took the Roman architecture, Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and the absolutist state in defiance of the Reformation. Baroque architecture often includes fragmentary or deliberately incomplete architectural elements, opulent use of colour and ornaments and an external façade often characterized by a dramatic central projection. Many European palaces drew inspiration from the Palace of Versailles started in 1682, which had previously been inspired by the Buen Retiro Palace, making it one of the most imitated buildings of the 17th century. This list includes important city residences, such as the Stockholm Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De La Malgrange
The Château de la Malgrange was a ducal residence of the House of Lorraine in Jarville-la-Malgrange, Lorraine. Various designs were made for it. Duke Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński died here in 1756. A school opened in the building in 1836. Some scholars have argued its architecture influenced the royal Sans-Souci Palace in Haiti. See also * Château de Chanteheux * Château de Commercy * Château d'Einville-au-Jard * Château de la Favorite (Lunéville) * Château de Lunéville The Palace of Lunéville ( ) is a residence of the Duke of Lorraine since the 13th century in Lunéville, about 35 kilometers east of Nancy, France, Nancy, capital of Lorraine. The palace is owned by the Department Meurthe-et-Moselle since 2017. ... * Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine References External links Residences of the House of Lorraine {{France-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Lunéville
The Palace of Lunéville ( ) is a residence of the Duke of Lorraine since the 13th century in Lunéville, about 35 kilometers east of Nancy, France, Nancy, capital of Lorraine. The palace is owned by the Department Meurthe-et-Moselle since 2017. Many people visit the palace, park, or gardens of Lunéville every year, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in the region. A simple hunting lodge existed on the site since the 13th century. Substantial changes came with Duke Leopold I of Lorraine who expanded the château into the beginnings of a palace that went through several changes and phases from 1703 to 1720. It was a favourite residence of the former Polish king Stanislaus I, Duke of Lorraine and Duchy of Bar, Bar, who made further improvements. After the Duchy of Lorraine passed under the rule of the French crown, the palace was handed over to the military who used it largely as a barrack. A number of buildings disappeared during that time. The French Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De La Favorite (Lunéville)
The Château de la Favorite was a ducal residence of the House of Lorraine in Lunéville, Lorraine. It is also known as the ''Petit château of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.'' See also * Château de Chanteheux * Château de Commercy * Château d'Einville-au-Jard * Château de Lunéville * Château de la Malgrange The Château de la Malgrange was a ducal residence of the House of Lorraine in Jarville-la-Malgrange, Lorraine. Various designs were made for it. Duke Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński died here in 1756. A school opened in the building in 183 ... * Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine References External links * http://www.histoiresgalantes.fr/blog/2022/05/27/reportage-photos-a-luneville-le-chateau-du-prince-charles-alexandre-de-lorraine-ce-quil-en-reste/ Residences of the House of Lorraine {{France-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château D'Einville-au-Jard
The Château d'Einville-au-Jard was a ducal residence of the House of Lorraine in Einville-au-Jard, Lorraine. Most of it was demolished after the death of Stanisław Leszczyński in 1771. Some auxiliary buildings and structures survived.https://www.estrepublicain.fr/societe/2022/05/17/la-voute-vestige-du-xviiie-siecle See also * Château de Chanteheux * Château de Commercy * Château de la Favorite (Lunéville) * Château de Lunéville * Château de la Malgrange * Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine References External links * https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020603800 Residences of the House of Lorraine Demolished buildings and structures in France {{France-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Commercy
A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowadays, a ''château'' may be any stately residence built in a French style; the term is additionally often used for a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France. Definition The word château is a French word that has entered the English language, where its meaning is more specific than it is in French. The French word ''château'' denotes buildings as diverse as a medieval fortress, a Renaissance palace and a fine 19th-century country house. Care should therefore be taken when translating the French word ''château'' into English, noting the nature of the building in question. Most French châteaux are "palaces" or fine " country houses" rather than "castles", and for these, the word "château" is appropri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jewish ceremonial art, also referred to as Jewish ritual art, Jewish sacred art, and Jewish liturgical art, refers to objects used by Jews for ritual purposes. Because enhancing a mitzvah by performing it with an especially beautiful object is considered a ''mitzvah'' – a praiseworthy way of honoring God's commandments. This concept is known as ''hiddur mitzvah''. Judaism has a long tradition of commissioning ritual objects from craftsmen and artists, just as Jewish culture has a long tradition of producing ritual objects, both for Jewish ceremonial use and sale to all. Jewish ceremonial art forms a large part of Judaica (), a general academic and art trade term for Jewish-related objects, of which other types are manuscripts, books and other printed materials, artworks in various media, and clothing. Textual origin Multiple early rabbinic commentaries on the Hebrew Bible refer to sanctifying rituals with visually pleasing objects in the Midrash. Midrash Mekhilta of Rabbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Callot
Jacques Callot (; – 1635) was a baroque printmaker and drawing, draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine. He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Romani, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background. Life and training Callot was born and died in Nancy, France, Nancy, the capital of Duchy of Lorraine, Lorraine, now in France. At the time, the Duchy of Lorraine was an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands. He came from an important family (his father was master of ceremonies at the court of the Duke), and he often describes himself as having Nobility, noble status in the inscriptions to his prints. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to a gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges De La Tour
Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight. Personal life Georges de La Tour was born in the town of Vic-sur-Seille in the Diocese of Metz, which was technically part of the Holy Roman Empire, but had been ruled by France since 1552. Baptism documentation revealed that he was the son of Jean de La Tour, a baker, and Sybille de La Tour, née Molian. It has been suggested that Sybille came from a partly noble family. His parents had seven children in all, with Georges being the second-born. La Tour's educational background remains somewhat unclear, but it is assumed that he traveled either to Italy or the Netherlands early in his career. He may possibly have trained under Jacques Bellange in Nancy, the capital of Lorraine, although their style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligier Richier
Ligier Richier (1567) was a French sculptor active in Saint-Mihiel in Northeastern France. Richier primarily worked in the churches of his native Saint-Mihiel. Starting in 1530, he enjoyed the patronage of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, who commissioned his work. Whilst Richier did sometimes work in wood, he preferred the pale, soft limestone with its fine grain, and few veins, extracted at Saint Mihiel and Sorcy and when working in this medium he experimented with refined polishing techniques, with which he was able to give the stone a marble-like appearance. One of his finest works is the "Groupe de la Passion", consisting of 13 life-size figures made in the local stone of the Meuse region. It can be found in the Church of St. Étienne. It is also known as the "Pâmoison de la Vierge" ( Swoon of the Virgin, the Virgin fainting, supported by St John). Other works attributed to him are in the Church of St. Pierre, Bar-le-Duc, and in the Louvre. His work " Le Transi de René de Chalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
