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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)

Ward, William Henry, 1856-1924 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 77

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Le Brun and Le Vauin competition with it.Le Vaus design is notknown. The two otherswere based on that ofthe Arch of Constantineat Rome, but withcoupled columns. Per-raults arch was muchlarger than its prototype,being nearly 180 feetlong and 75 feet in totalheight as against 82 feetand 68 feet in… … TIIK STYLK OK LOUIS XIV. 3^5 ling two of the gates of Paris, those of St Bernard and St Antoine, togive them a decorative character, designed the gate of St Denis anew(1672). It is curious that this protagonist of the Palladian |)ro])rietiesshould not only have broken new ground to such an extent…

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