

118. CRESTING OF ATTIC IN COURT OF LOUVRE. 



CHAPTER III. 



STYLE OF HENRY II. (1530-90). 



A'INGS. 



FRANCIS I. (d. 1547). 



HENRY II. (1547-59). Initial H. 

 Monogram B3 for Henry and 

 Catharine, or Henry and Diana. 

 Emblem Crescent or three cres- 

 cents. Motto "Donee totuin iin- 

 pleat orbent." 



FRANCIS II. (1559-60). Initial F or 

 <f>. Emblem Burning column and 

 two globes. Mottoes " Ltimen 

 Keclis " and ' ' Unns non sufficit orbis. " 



CHARLES IX. (1560-74). Initial K. 

 Emblem Two columns intertwined. 

 Motto " Pietate et iitstitia." 



HENRY III. (1574-89). Initial H. 

 Emblem Three crowns. Motto 

 " Aland ultima Ccelo." 



QUEENS. 



CATHARINE DE' MEDICI. Initial C 

 or ?K. Emblem Comet crowned. 

 Motto " Fate prudentia major." 

 Emblem (in widowhood) Flames 

 extinguished by tears, also broken 

 fans and necklaces. Motto 

 ' ' Ardorein exstincta testantur vivere 

 flamma." 



MARY STEWART. Monogram fty. 



EUZAHETH OF AUSTRIA. Initial E. 

 Emblem Temple and dove. Motto 

 " In deo spes una." 



LOUISE OF VAUDEMONT. Initial 

 A. Emblem Sundial. Motto 

 " Aspicio tit aspiciar." 



CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS. 



HENRY VIII. (d. 1547); EDWARD VI. (1547-53); MARY (1553-8); 



ELIZABETH (1558-1603). 



ADVANCED RENAISSANCE INTRODUCTORY. 



TILT, the end of Francis I.'s reign, and even a little beyond it, the 

 style which bears his name continued to be practised, at any rate in 

 provincial centres, and especially in church work. But for many years 

 before his death a new influence had been undermining it. The 

 advanced Roman Renaissance had been making its way into France 

 in competition with the Lombard. The school of Fontainebleau was 

 superseding the school of Amboise. This change of direction in the 

 Renaissance movement was due to the combined agency of the new 

 colony of artists whom Francis introduced into France, and of young 

 Frenchmen who had been influenced by the newer Italian teaching in 

 the course of their studies in Italy. The resulting style is usually 

 called that of Henry II., a name justified on the grounds that Henry's 

 brief reign covers approximately the central years of the period during 

 which it prevailed, and saw the erection of some of its best edifices. It 

 would, perhaps, have been more logical to give it the name of his Italian 



