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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 89

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robably dueto the superior splendours of the later church. Notre Dame des Victoires, &c.—Notre Dame des Victoires(or Eglise des Petits Peres), begun by Le Muet (1656) and continuedby L. Bruand and Le Due, though without dome or galleries, is ofthe usual conventual type, but its retro-choir with… … a good Ionic order.Another example of thetype, smaller and simplerin plan, but with aninterior dome, is thechapel at Moulins (nowchapel of the Lycee),designed by J. Marot tocontain the mausoleumof Henry II. of Mont-morency. It consists oftwo bays with chapelsand single bay transeptsand choir. The…

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