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)
ica type.Such are the fronts of Notre Dame des Victoires byCartaud, of St Roch (both 1739), designed by R.de Cotte and carried out after his death either byhis son, Robert Jules, or by J. J. Gabriel; that ofthe Oratoire, also attributed to de Cotte and carried385. Besan^on: ^^^ , (3^q^^ (1^4^)^ and… … 402 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. that of Roch (Fig. 386), which, however, has since been altered for theworse, notably in the statuary on the outer angles, which, as originallydesigned, gave an excellent example of rococo methods, not only bythe balance between dissimilar forms, but by the…
