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)
N E V -PIECES. — The ,chimney-piece wasstill the most im-portant feature ina room, and wasoften in colouredmarbles. In theSalle des Fetes atEcouen it coversalmost the whole ofone wall. The general design was much what it had been hitherto,though treated in more classical forms, but the fire was… … ^oj- The Louvre: Vault of Great Staircase,BY Jean Goujon. THIRD SUB-PERIOD—HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER. — Reigns of Francis II., Charles IX., and Henry III.; WarsOF Religion.—-Henry II.s sudden death by accident in a tournamentleft France in a dangerous condition. His eldest son, Francis…
