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)
uch as it was, was regarded as having corrupted the purity ofthe native genius, and started French art on the downward grade.Systematic research is now putting the facts in a clearer light, andif the extent of each mans work is still uncertain, it can at least bedetermined what it is possible he… … 120. FONTAINEBI.EAr : CAR-TOUCHE BY II Rosso in theGallery of Francis I. of the responsibility for this infantilework, a mere echo of the Loire chateaux.To lay stress on the fact that most of theItalians were decorators rather than archi-tects, and on that ground to deny them-a share in the…
