Mecenat d'anne de france, duchesse de bourbon ou la vie artistique a la cour de moulins
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Abstract EN:
The present research was undertaken in order to trace the possible existence of a patronage of anne of france, the duchess of bourbonnais and daughter of louis xi. By looking into sources, ancients texts that were discovered, iconography and the works themselves, we have been able to study the activity engaged in by the duchess in various fields such as civilian and religious architecture : castles, churches and chapels built in the duchy ; stained-glass windows from the end of the 15th till the beginning of the 16th century ; carved work attesting the art of michel colombe or jean of chartres ; paintings with the pre-eminent figure of the most prestigious artist of the time, the master of moulins. The literary interests shown by anne and her enrichment of the ducal library are also dealt with ; decorative arts are mentioned. Finally the artists and craftsmen themselves are studied. As a conclusion we emphasize the importance of the work that was done in a fairly short time and we bring out its characteristics. Though there remains some uncertainties owing to the sources being scarece and scant, we can saw that there appears at moulins a brillant court which is an active arts centre.
Abstract FR:
Cette etude a ete menee dans le but de rechercher l'eventuelle existence d'un mecenat exerce par anne de france, fille de louis xi, et duchesse de bourbonnais. Par l'analyse des sources, des textes anciens retrouves, des documents iconographiques, et des oeuvres elles-memes, on a pu etudier dans les divers domaines artistiques, les realisations patronnees par la duchesse : soit en architecture civile et religieuse, les chateaux, eglises et chapelles edifies ou agrandis dans le duche. Puis, en sculpture, les oeuvres temoignant de l'art de michel colombe et de jean de chartres ; en peinture, celles de l'artiste le plus prestigieux de l'epoque, le maitre de moulins. Les interets litteraires et les choix de bibliophile d'anne de france ont ete ensuite envisages. Dans la mesure ou les sources le permettaient, nous avons termine par l'etude des artistes et artisans concernes. La conclusion constate l'ampleur de l'oeuvre realisee en un laps de temps assez bref et met en evidence ses caracteres. Malgre les incertitudes liees a la rarete et au laconisme des sources semble apparaitre une cour de moulins brillante, centre d'art actif, autour de la duchesse, dernier grand mecene feodal.