Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 224
e-naissance chateau is facti-tious in the sense of beingartificially made up ; it isnot, like the mediaevalcastle, an outgrowth andexpression of natural con-ditions and actual needs.Thus while it is stillpecuHarly French in char-acter, it is not an expres-sion of the French geniusin its integrity.… … Fig. 110. — Cornice of Blois. 182 ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE CHAP. are ornamented with debased Gothic details almost exclusively.The neo-classic elements are introduced sparingly, and arehardly noticeable in the general effect. An illustration of thisis afforded in those parts of the chateau…
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