The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 144
1646-1708), are memorable ex-amples of this sad, solemn, andlofty style, in which symmetry isthe supreme law, and every pictur-esque and unexpected element isbanished. Mansards best work isthe dome of the Invalides (1675-1706), the silhouette of which, atonce elegant and majestic (Fig.is much finer… … FIG. 209.—THE DOME OF THE INVALIDES, PARIS. two Garde Meuhles, on the Place dela Concorde, akin to Perraults colon-nade, but greatly superior to it, aredue to Gabriel, the best architect ofthe time of Louis XV. These finebuildings have one very unsuitable FIG. 210.—THE PANTHEON, PARIS. feature, the…
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