Compared with other countries in Europe, France's Renaissance started late because of the Hundred Years' War. It is typically considered that the French Renaissance period starts roughly from 1494 when France as reigned by Charles VIII invaded Italy to 1610 when Henry IV died. The invasion of Italy brought France the first contact with Renaissance culture, where the late Italian pictorial and sculptural developments commonly referred to as Mannerism inspired France the most. During the first half of the 16th century, Italy Mannerism artists were invited to work in France and then established the first generation of School of Fontainebleau. Meanwhile, French painters combined traditional France art with the influence from the Flemish school to form its unique style--that is perceptual, sensual with love, but implicitly hidden under the forest or idyllic ambiance. French art established good foundation with the long period of supports from the king and the nobles, and finally lead the art in the world in the 18th century.