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Art in France (1911)

Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 269

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also to be found for God. Thechurch buih by Mansart andRobert de Colte, was connectedwith the palace, to enable LouisXIV to enter it from the level ofhis apartments. Architecture, likeall the other arts, was unaffectedby the melancholy of the monarch.Never had the Jesuit style achievedsuch a degree… … FIG. 510.—RAOI X I)\MK UOllllKKAS A MSTAL. (Musiuiu of \crsaillcs.) nc. 500. — KAOl \. \KST\I.. (Museum of Montpcllicr.) compare with them in cheerfulness.At Versailles, God was served afterthe king; but He was lodged moreagreeably (Fig. 483). The same elegance character-ises the sculpture of the…

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