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)
is more completely satisfactory, for theawkward lines of the elevation are invisible, and the elaboration andI delicacy can be better appreciated at close (juarters. Everything thusconspires to charm, from the outline of the steps, subtly curving like thelip of a shell, to the vault spreading like… … 51. CASTLE Ol- I.LOIS: North 1 kont (1524-70). THE STVLK OF FRANCIS I. 57