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  1. French school of Mannerist painting and
  2. sculpture. It was established at the court of
  3. Francis I, who brought Italian artists to
  4. Fontainebleau near Paris to decorate his
  5. hunting lodge: Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540)
  6. arrived 1530, Francesco Primaticcio
  7. (1504/5-1570) came 1532. They evolved a
  8. distinctive decorative style using a
  9. combination of stucco sculpture and painting.
  10. Their work, with its exuberant ornament and
  11. figure style, had a lasting impact on French
  12. art in the 16th century. Others associated
  13. with the school include Benvenuto Cellini.
  14.