Fontainebleau

He was a prolific painter, but his work tended towards the Baroque style and had a bad influence on the succeeding schools.

Primaticcio was one of his followers and had much to do with the founding of the school of Fontainebleau in France.

Giovanni da Udine, a Venetian-trained painter, became a follower of Raphael, his only originality showing in decorative designs.

Perino da Vaga was of the same cast of mind.

The two queens, mother and daughter, were the objects of universal interest and attention.

Feasts and celebrations without end were arranged for them, and every possible means of amusement and rejoicing were contrived in the palaces of Paris, of St. Germain's, and of Fontainebleau.

Mary's mother remained in France about a year.

She then bade Mary farewell, leaving her at Fontainebleau.

This proved to be a final farewell, for she never saw her again.

After taking leave of her daughter, the Queen Dowager went, before leaving France, to see her own mother, who was a widow and who was living at a considerable distance from Paris in seclusion, and in a state of austere and melancholy grief on account of the loss of her husband.

I think my parents went crazy with me.

When you did become a climber, I'm sure the way that you looked at the forest changed, but do you remember the feeling of seeing Fontainebleau through climbers' eyes?

Uh, no, I don't think so because I was already, uh, you know, the forest was already a part of myself.

I had the feeling that even the trees, the sand, it was, it was human somehow.

So, you know, it's an intimacy with the forest that grew and changed a lot with the years.

Yeah, and it's great that...

Especially in an area like Fontainebleau, there's so much of so much variety that as you grow and as you decide you want to take on new challenges, it's there for you.

It's available to challenge you.

Moi, je vais encore camper une fois par mois pour m'échapper de Paris.

Je prends mon sac à dos et je vais dans la forêt de Fontainebleau.

Il y a des endroits très calmes là-bas.

Fontainebleau ? Mais c'est le paradis mondial de l'escalade de bloc.

Il y a des milliers de rochers parfaits dans cette forêt.

C'est incroyable.

The two queens, mother and daughter, were the objects of universal interest and attention.

Feasts and celebrations without end were arranged for them, and every possible means of amusement and rejoicing were contrived in the palaces of Paris, of St. Germain's, and of Fontainebleau.

Mary's mother remained in France about a year.

She then bade Mary farewell, leaving her at Fontainebleau.

This proved to be a final farewell, for she never saw her again.

After taking leave of her daughter, the Queen Dowager went, before leaving France, to see her own mother, who was a widow and who was living at a considerable distance from Paris in seclusion, and in a state of austere and melancholy grief on account of the loss of her husband.

Euh, tu es né en Belgique, en, donc dans le début des années soixante-dix.

Tu as fait des études, je crois, d'ingénieur commercial à Bruxelles, puis MBA à l'INSEAD, pas très loin de Paris, à Fontainebleau.

Et de là, en fait, comme un certain nombre de tes camarades de l'INSEAD de l'époque, pas tous, ben, tu as rejoint un grand cabinet de conseil, un très beau cabinet de conseil, McKinsey, où tu deviens partenaire associé après une dizaine d'années, je crois.

Mais avant qu'on parle de management, hein, vraiment la partie carrière professionnelle, est-ce que tu peux tu nous parler, tu peux nous parler, euh, Frédéric, finalement, ta, ta famille, tes parents, ton enfance en Belgique et, et les valeurs finalement qui, qui t'ont façonné, petit ou un peu plus grand ?