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)
which might so easily have been obtained with a southern exposureby a columnar treatment. The great height of the eastern outer front made it visible from thecourt, so that it was necessary to heighten the inner elevation behindit, which had recently been completed with two orders and an attic… … 294. NORTH END OF COLONNADE OF THE LOUVRE, PARIS.