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)
were by no means unknown in medi;i:val France, though theywere small in scale, and designed in a somewhat utilitarian s[)irit. To judge from their own words the IVench were imi)ressed, firstby the beauty of the land and climate, tiien by the magnificence of thedesign and decoration of gardens and… … 7. EXTRANXE OF DUCAL CASTLE, NA.NXV (1501-12). 6 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. the piquancy of an unfamiliar style, the charm of novelty. At a time,too, when all the world was beginning to study the classical authors, andto trace the source of all great and good things to the Golden Age…
