![]() Click here to see Tory's printer's device, a commemoration of the loss of his 10 year old daughter, Anne. Tory reportedly taught Garamont, chief of the imprimerie's engravers. In addition to teaching philosophy and grammar at university, Franˆßois I appointed him as the royal printer. His energies in typography included the introduction of humanistic typefaces, elegantly engraved ornaments, new approaches to title pages, and an examination of the history of type.īy all accounts Tory was a genius. Travel to Italy had suffused Tory with the spirit of the Renaissance which he expressed thorough poetry, writing, painting, printing and type design. For the century that followed French typography and printing would be unsurpassed in the western world. One of the distinctive characteristics of early French printers was the ability to incorporate fine ornamentation into their typographic layouts. The first book printed in French, Chroniques de France, 1477, used the charming French batarde (printed sample above). The gothic typeform reigned as the popular typographic style until native printers and type designers shaped a distinctively elegant approach to French typography. Initially, as in Italy, the first printers were imported Germans printing Latin texts. The first French trade press was established in the Sorbonne in 1470. François also appointed the first official printer to the king, initiating the tradition of a royal printing works. The expanded field of printers helped raise the quality of French printing to the finest in the world. Most importantly for the growth of French typography was the king's tolerance for religion which allowed Protestant printers to operate freely. ![]() Interested in the dissemination of knowledge he invited scholars from around the world to share his library. Himself a poet and a generous patron to writers, the king charged his librarian with collecting important Italian books and manuscripts. (That's how the Mona Lisa got to the Louvre?) ![]() Louis built massive royal residences at Chambord (above) and Fontainebleau in the French Renaissance style.įrançois amassed a large art collection as well as imported Italian Renaissance artists, including Leonardo da Vinci. France's great patron of the arts and letters, King François I (reigned 1515–1547) supported numerous projects that encouraged the establishment of the Renaissance in France. Go see the complete Champ Fleury at The Rare Book RoomĪfter enduring nearly a century of conflict (1337–1453) a newly peaceful France was anxious to energize its national culture. ![]()
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