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)
his talents, or to serve as a theatre for gieat Courtfunctions, it may have been on his advice that it was decided to erecta gallery to connect the old Oval (^)urt and the new forecourt (n onplan, lig. 6f). It is more than prol)able, at any rate, that the con-necting wing (1530-3), containing the… … 121. FONTAINEBLEAU : GaLLERY OF FrANC IS I., BY II RoSSO. doubtedly was decorated by him and his staff of painters and stucco-workers. The wing had windows on both sides, and was broken onlyby a small central pavilion. The treatment of the elevations consistedin a long range of tall windows on the…