Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 202
Themonarchy, nomad in the sixteenth century, had become sedentaryand Parisian. It established itself in the Louvre and the Tuilcries.and began the construction of the great gallery which was intended tounite them. In spite of the multiple cares of the monarch, and thebrevity of his reign, the… … fig. 373. the small gallery of the louvre (galerie dapollon), from an engraving by tsrael silvestre. (Bibliotheque Nationaie. Print Room.) A modem Paris was soon to take the place of the mediceval town;its present physiognomy begin to develop. The classical style,which was popularised bymansions,…
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