Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)
Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 99
upon the architectural style of anyperiod the current mood bred of some historicalevent or a passing fancy. 62 Old Touraine and the Loire Country At Blois this is particularly noticeable. Asan architectural monument the chateau is apicturesque assemblage of edifices belongingto many different… … <cyo-riRbV>!!! highly refined Eenaissance details of the imag-inative brain of Frangois, down to the base con-coction of the elder Mansart, produced at thecommands of Gaston of Orleans. The whole gamut, from the gay and winsometo the sad and dismal, is found here. The escutcheons of the…
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