. Art in France. FIG. 341. TOMB OF THE CARDINALS OF AMBOISE, ROUEN CATHEDRAL. 165 ART IN FRANCE. -FlGl-RES ON THE TOMB OK PHILIPPEUE fOMMlNES. (The Louvre, Paris.) kingdom the resources which were so abundant in the case of architecture and sculpture. He accordingly appealed to the foreigner; painters camefrom Flanders, and, aboveall, from Italy; theybrought the manner oftheir own country withthem, and did not find inFrance a national stylewith which they had tocompound. The worksthey left behind them onFrench soil are to be ex-plained by their native,and not by their adopted country. Once aga
. Art in France. FIG. 341. TOMB OF THE CARDINALS OF AMBOISE, ROUEN CATHEDRAL. 165 ART IN FRANCE. -FlGl-RES ON THE TOMB OK PHILIPPEUE fOMMlNES. (The Louvre, Paris.) kingdom the resources which were so abundant in the case of architecture and sculpture. He accordingly appealed to the foreigner; painters camefrom Flanders, and, aboveall, from Italy; theybrought the manner oftheir own country withthem, and did not find inFrance a national stylewith which they had tocompound. The worksthey left behind them onFrench soil are to be ex-plained by their native,and not by their adopted country. Once again it is on record that Flanders sent out excellent craftsmen; while Italy bestowed on France, together with her artists, a new aesthetic process. Francis I had already made some attempts to attract the most famous of the Italians, and after the battle of Marignan, he brought home Leonardo da Vinci, who died soon afterwards; he then addressed himself to Andrea del Sarto, but was unable to retain him; at last he succeeded in capturing II Rosso, a pupil of Michelangelo and Primaticcio, a decor
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