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)
ance. The puristic bias ofEnglish classical architecture,the tearful sentiment of Rich-ardsons Clarissa, the Englishcult of country \Uc, and the P^nglish invention of the so-called landscapegarden were among these points of contact. Resulting Stylistic Dkvklopmknt.—Under these various influ-ences… … j9I. Arabesquk by J, I. Cauvet. TIIK STYLE OF LOUIS XVL 411 an increasing submission to tlie guidance of anticjuity, with whoseinonunienls there was now a wider and minuter accjuaintance. Yetthe old academic methods, tliough shaken, on the whole maintainedtheir sway, and the new ideas influenced…