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Art in France (1911)

Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 206

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FIG. 382.—IRON DATE IN THE r.ALERIE DaPOLLON. LOUVRE. FROM THE CHATEAU DE MAISONS- LAFFITTE. {Photo. LArchitecle.) tion of art effected bycontact with Italy andantiquity. It was contentto exercise a gentle con-trol over the pagan ex-uberance which had takenpossession of the plasticarts, and might… … FIG. 3S1.—CHATEAU DE GANY. that the King of France createdVersailles (Figs. 381-385). The first half of the seventeenthcentury was marked by an extraor-dinary Catholic revival. Religiousorders, either new or re-constructed,recaptured some of the territory lostby Catholicism since the…

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