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)
, not only from Le Vau, who had hitherto had the sole chargeof the buildings, but also from Le Pautre, Perrault, and JacquesGabriel. Le Vaus scheme was eventually adopted, but he wasinstructed to omit circular or elliptical rooms, and to include sugges-tions from his fellow-competitors. It had been… … Versailles : Plan. stone one, and ex-tending the brickbuildings on thefourth (Fig. 300).Begun in 1668, theworks were carriedon after Le Vausdeath (1670) bydOrbay, and com-pleted, as regardsthe exterior, in1674, and the in-terior, including thegreat staircase, in1680. The moatand screen…
