A history of architecture for the student, craftsman, and amateur : being a comparative view of the historical styles from the earliest period (1896)
Fletcher, Banister, 1833-1899, Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953 · London : B.T. Batsford; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 292
s appa-rent, partly because of dis-tance and association. A country chateau is seen onall sides, and the importanceof a picturesque groupingfrom every point of view isapparent (No. 135). Predominant characteristicsare picturesqueness, and atendency to Gothic verti-cality. Early buildings are… … 134- Chateau de Blois, Francois i Staircaise. -> FRENCH RENAISSANCE. 235 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. FRENCH RENAISSANCE. The country houses of the The chateaux on the Loire nobles in the Venetian terri- are irregular Gothic castles, tory, in the style of Falladio, withacoating of Renaissance arc…
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