The art of the Louvre, containing a brief history of the palace and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists (1905)
Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · Boston, L.C. Page & company · leaf 44
fythe situation of that immense portico in the first story;second, the interruption of the same story by the over-elevation of the principal portal, is a grave fault; third,the whole fagade is not in harmony with the style ofthe four interior faqades that make the admirable courtof the Louvre; and,… … w > o AW H - c -5 C u h D <as Ql, Ifotetors of tbe %o\xvxc 19 In spite of these just criticisms, many authoritiesreturn to the opinion that the work of Perrault is amongthe most original and remarkable of modern architects.For long regarded as the chef-doeuvre without equal, ithas, as has…
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