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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)

Ward, William Henry, 1856-1924 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 160

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The wholeof its front w^as convex, but in the lower storey the curve swung outagain into concave wings. The cathedral of St Louis at Versailles (1743-54), where, as atSt Sulpice, the tower was in the line of the chapels, by JacquesHardouin Mansart de Sagonne, follows all the established practices… … .# %-# 387. Paris : Design for Facade of St Sulpice,BY J. A. Meissonxier (1726). No Scale. 404 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. of the domed towers. But his interior is better lighted and lessponderous. The central portion of the facade, which, by being setforward a little, detaches itself…

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