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)
the Empire and Restoration. Treated in theconventional manner with a giant order upona basement storey, though devoid of specialdistinction, it is a meritorious piece of worksuch as would have given dignity to a placeat Paris or Bordeaux; at Versailles, where itsorder and great pediment are out of… … 422 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE.