ID: 700009441 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009441	Record Type: Built Work

Château de Fontainebleau (ch$03ateau; first contructed under Francis I (French king, 1494-1547); a...; first recorded as a residence ...; Fontainebleau (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top ...;)

Note: Royal residence of French kings from the 12th century, begining with Francis, I who envisioned it as a 'New Rome, combining Italian Renaissance and French artistic traditions. Located in a vast forest in the Ile-de-France, Fontainebleau has been transformed, enlarged, and embellished over the centuries in the 16th century. Notable features are the Cour de Cheval Blanc or 'horseshoe' staircase and

Titles:

Château de Fontainebleau (preferred,C,U,D,undetermined,U,U)

Palais de Fontainebleau (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

château [300005738] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by location or context>, <houses by location: settlement area>, rural houses, country houses)

World Heritage Site [300263063]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations))

royal palace [300005743]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences, palaces (official residences))

hunting lodge [300007177]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by function>, lodges (temporary residences))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: first recorded as a residence 1137; first palace constructed between 1528-1540; various additions, 16th-19th centuries

Creator Display:

first contructed under Francis I (French king, 1494-1547); architects Gilles Le Breton (French architect, born ca. 1500, died ca. 1552) and Sebastiano Serlio (Italian architect, theorist, and painter, 1475-ca. 1554); staircase originally built by Philibert de L'Orme (French architect, ca. 1510-1570) and later reconstructed by Jean Androuet du Cerceau (French architect and engineer, ca. 1585-1649); painted decorations by Rosso Fiorentino (Italian draftsman and painter, 1494-1540); sculptures by Francesco Primaticcio(Italian painter, sculptor, architect, 1504-1570); additional decorations by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (Italian architect, painter, and theorist, 1507-1573), Benvenuto Cellini (Florentine sculptor, goldsmith and author, 1500-1571), and others. [preferred]

architect Le Breton, Gilles (French architect, born ca. 1500, died ca. 1552) [500089255]

patron Francis I, King of France (French king, 1494-1547) [500122500]

architect Serlio, Bartolomeo (Italian artist, architect, active mid- to late 15th century) [500034374]

painter Rosso Fiorentino (Italian draftsman and painter, 1494-1540, active in France) [500014451]

sculptor Primaticcio, Francesco (Italian painter, sculptor, architect, 1504-1570) [500000613]

artist Vignali, Jacopo (Italian painter, 1592-1664) [500031764]

artist Cellini, Benvenuto (Florentine sculptor, goldsmith and author, 1500-1571) [500115352]

Locations:

Current: Fontainebleau [7008005] (Geographic)

Display Materials: masonry, brick, stone, and plaster

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

	plaster (composite coating) [300014922]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

	brick (clay material) [300010463]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: N/A

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	French Renaissance [300404740] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles, Renaissance-Baroque regional styles, French Renaissance-Baroque styles)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: residential structures

Sources and Contributors:
Château de Fontainebleau	........ [VP]
	........ Château de Fontainebleau (2018-)
Palais de Fontainebleau	........ [VP]
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 930

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987)

....................... Château de Fontainebleau (2018-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Château de Fontainebleau (2018-) "History," accessed 30 April 2018