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)
each. In thefirst the reaction toclassicism makes itsappearance in asprinkling of build-ings which break withthe rococo fashion.By 1750 the new styleis formed, and beginsto receive officialsupport; for the nexttwenty years the oldand the new run sideby side, occasionally mingUng,butthenew SECTION.… … ( PDKEnvoRTH 412 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. Servandony.—The style of Louis XVI. was in a large measurethe creation of two architects, Jean Nicolas Servandony (i695-1766),and Jacques Germain Soufflot (1714-80), both citizens of Lyons, a cityalways in close contact with Italian thought, When…