сряда, 13 юли 2016 г.

Chambord

The young King Francis I was 25 years old in 1519 when he initiated the huge enterprise of building the Chateau of Chambord. England at that time was being affect by myjor changes in continental Europe: conflicts engendered by the Reformation were troubling the kingdom and Renaissance tastes were being adapted through the Tudor style of architecture as seen in Somerset House.
A soon as he acceded to the throne in 1515, Francis I ser out to reconquer the Italian province of Milan, which his predecessor, Louis XII, had lost. On his return to France, this ambitious young king and very keen huntsman, stimulared by his victory at Marignano and influenced by Italy's Renaissance architecture, undertook to build the the Chateau of Chambord. Although in design still resembling a medieval stronghold (central keep flanked by four large rowers, two wings, acurtain wall enclosing it all), Chambord is in fact a surprising synthesis of forms inherited from past centuries and innovative architecture from Renaissance Italy (loggias, a terrace, pilasters and horizontal mouldings decorating the facades).
Chambord was intended as a hunting lodge but its architecture makes in an extravagant chateau it is 156 metres long and 56 metres tall with 77 staircases, 282 fireplaces and 426 rooms. Yet despite these vast dimensions, from the outside the chateau still appears delightfully graceful and well balanced. Of all the materials used in the eye; although emloyed at most Loire Valley sites, it is definitely at Chambord that this calcareous stone, soft and friable, was worked with the greatest virtuosity.

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