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)
ory.—Th.^ works at the MadeleineChurch had been carried on since Contant dlvrys death (1777) byCouture, with an interruption caused by the Revolution, but the wallshad not risen far out of the ground when he died (1799)- Napoleondecided shortly after this to convert the edifice into a Temple of… … 455. Paris: Colonne de la Grande Armee, orVendome, by Gondouin and Lepere (1805-10). 486 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE.