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Curators and scholars cloulas and bimbenet privat trace the evolution of the french renaissance from its hybridized beginnings through two waves of glorious innovation and creativity that transformed the countryside with magnificent chateaus and both the country and the city with some of the most exquisite churches palaces and manor houses in the world. Treasures of the french renaissance new york abrams 1998 cox rearick janet the collection of francis i royal treasures new york abrams 1996 wardropper ian the flowering of the french renaissance metropolitan museum of art bulletin 62 summer 2004 zerner henri renaissance art in france the invention of classicism paris . The collection of francis i royal treasures new york abrams 1996 wardropper ian the flowering of the french renaissance metropolitan museum of art bulletin 62 summer 2004 zerner henri renaissance art in france the invention of classicism paris flammarion 2003 additional essays by ian wardropper. Anne de montmorency one of the most astute art patrons of renaissance france collected palissys rustic plates in the late 1550s to oversee her collection of glazed earthenware catherine de medici employed a garde vaisselle a ceramist curator named jean charpentier who mounted pieces on sideboards during festivals