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)
from the newportions of the great metropolitan palaces, which follow the purerclassical traditions suggested by pre-existing buildings. * Sec notes oil pp. 141 ivnd 167. In M. Balinols view the whole design ofthis half of the (irande (ialerie, as completed under Henry IV., was already laiddown by… … 5 * ? S I 0 J FEET r METRES 223. Louvre Court: Pavillon he lHorloge or bULLV, r.v J. LeMercier (1624-30). From Mariette. Louvre Court.—Louis XIII. had small love for the Louvre, andpreferred his liule hunting-box at Versailles, but Richelieu had higherideas of the dignity of the monarchy and deemed…
