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)
valfortress lent their aid, even grandeur was attained ; great skill, too, wasshown in the management of necessarily unsymmetrical facades, such asthose of town houses where well-balanced and satisfying compositionswere produced, which yet frankly expressed internal arrangement. Hewould be a… … 117. IxniAi. oi- Francis I. iiS. Ckkstinc; oi Attic in Court of Lolvke. CHAPTER III. STYLE OF HENRY II. (1530-90). AVXGS. Francis I. {(f. 1547). Henry II. {1547-59). Initial—H.Monot^ram — H for Henry andCatharine, or Henry and Diana.Emblem — Crescent or three cres-cent?. Motto—•■Donee totiiiii…