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)
nd, shows their more usual bent towards classicalarchaeology. The so-called Arc du Carrousel (Fig. 453) is a pleasantvariant on the arch of Septimius Severus, differing from it first by thegreater importance given to the treatment of the ends, which arepierced by arches equal to the lesser ones in… … TlIK STVI.I. OF 1 ill; I.MIIKi;. 483 found ready wc^kcd in the royal stores, and determined the dimensionsof the monument, wliieh are less than those of its prototype. TheRoman arch is 63 feet high, 75 feet wide, and 24 feet deep. The Arcdu Carrousel is 47 feet high, 56 wide, and 21 deep. The…
