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)
ght of this dome, andabove it a semicircular timber dome, the first of its kind in France,and a lantern (Fig. 203). The interior and the tombs were entirelycarried out in marble—black, grey, white, and red—with enrichments inbronze. Internally there were two orders, Corinthian and… … 204. St Dknis: Tomh of Francis I.,BY Ph. de lOrme. TIIK STVLi; OF IIKXin- II. 20 dome of St Peters,is one of the purestworks of the Romanschool (Fig. 202).It attains ihat per-fection of propor-tion, that rhythmicharmony and effort-less repose whichare characteristic ofthe Italian master-pieces of…
