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)
ebuilding of theLouvre, of which he was only to see the beginning, and which was tobe the crowning glory of his sons reign. In this year appeared Serliosvolumes on Perspective and Geometry, Philanders translation ofVitruvius, and perhaps du Cerceaus Petites Habitations. Henry II. and his…