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)
aceon the west, has no fac;ade on that side, the north side also is enclosedin buildings and invisible, but the elevations of the south flank andchapels are in every way worthy of the interior (Fig. 339). The quietsolid substructure, the principal storey with its slender pilasters, itsbeautiful… … 339. Versailles : Palace Chapel.Fore Court. View from rm-: stylk oi i.ouis \iv 353 and ciiiially adiiiirahl) proportioned to each oIIkt. Ivxccllcnt, too, isthe effect of iiUcri)()siii^f a rectangular block between the curve of theapse and the rectilinear side, and of flanking the group of five…
