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)
component part inthe design speak of the past, while the stateliness of the lay-out,planned in some sort as a pendent to the Louvre across the Seine,and in the axis of its new river entrance, together with the pomp of thegiant order, proclaim the Grand Reigne. A domed church (Fig. 331)is set back… … 284. 21 College des Quatre Nations, or ■ M.^akin Institut), Paris, by Le Vau (1660-68). (NOW 300 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. poise to the curves of the galleries and dome, which have small ordersonly, while the pavilions are themselves picturesque in their combinationof high-pitched roofs…
