The architecture of the Renaissance in France; a history of the evolution of the arts of building, decoration and garden design under classical influence from 1495 to 1830 (1911)
!■■* wi i III ;.*^^ 66. Castle oi- St Gi:r.mai.\-i:n-LavL: (r. 1540) : \ ii:w from Nokth-East. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. … At St Germain-en-Laye, on an emi-nence overlookingthe Seine, stood afortified castle whichFrancis I. trans-formed into a plea-sure house. In hisbuildings here,various uses aremade of brick bothas dressings in com-bination with ashlarand plastered wall-ing, and as wallingmaterial with…