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)
evationshad a giant order and a pediment over the three middle bays. It wasplanned round a central octagonal saloon running up through both storeysand top-lit (Fig. 309). The twelve pavilions, which each contained twoapartments, were connected with each other and the service blocks byalleys of… … 311- Paris : Porte St Denis, by F. BlondelAND Le Brun (1672). painted architectureand figure subjectsdesigned by Le Brunand varied in eachcase. Arches, Gate-ways.—Outside theroyal palaces thegovernment of LouisXIV. sought to im-press the publicmind by pompousmonuments. Thetriumphal arch wasa form…
