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)
ery of Louis XIII. (Fig. 226). The moat in the White HorseCourt, no longer needed after the cessation of civil war, was emptied,and Primaticcios drawbridge gateway was removed, to be utilised as thelower storey of the Forte Dauphine, which now became the main entrance.Henry IV. Court.—In front of… … 227. FONTAIXEBLEAU ; HORSE-ShOE StAIR, BY JeAN DU CeRCEAU (1634). only the pavilions having two; but the extent of the court beingconsiderable, viz., about 225 feet square, the traditional arrangementof angle and central pavilions would have produced an insignificanteffect, and a new device was…
