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)
1535-38), which is perhaps the most perfect specimenof a town mansion of this period. It belongs to the late phase ofFrancis I. work (see p. 115), and exhibits a purity of detail, an eleganceof proportions, a consummate ingenuity in the adjustment of the claimsof symmetry and utility such as are… … ncN> o MU • 1. M •>oT%r 76. ORLEANS: IIousk in Ruk dk Rkcouvrancr known as MAISONI)K FKANrolS I. (1536-50): Lkft Sidk ok Court. Plan and Kl.KVATION. Measured and Drawu by L. M. GoTCH. . THE STYLE OF FRANCIS I. 79 remarkable features are a graceful two-arched loggia in two storeysleading to…
