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)
Desproux, under whomthe works were resumed (1772-87), dislocated the design by bringingforward the centre portion and giving it a pediment, without which bythis time a church front was not considered complete. In execution thegroups of statuary at the angles, which gave a raison detre to… … SCALE oflL 436. Paris : Ste Genevieve,OR Pantheon, by G.SouFFLOT (begun 1757).Plan. Prom Legrand. I TllK STYLE OF LOUIS X\ L 457