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)
standing as it does, terracedon cliff-like retaining walls, rivals many a feudal keep in its air of defiantstrength. The orders of coupled pilasters with which the elevationsare treated are detailed with a vigour to which the absence of rusticationgives full value. In the court, the curved… … 242 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE.
