A history of French architecture, from the reign of Charles VIII till the death of Mazarin (1911)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London : G. Bell and sons, ltd. · leaf 146
red for even by its lawful owners. Indeed in the eighteenthcentury there was little to choose between the barbarisms of theRevolutionaries and the callous indifference of noble owners them-selves. Since those days a new peril has arisen in the restorer,whose function in France has been to wipe out… … [l. Til 1 .MK I. 5 CHAPTER IV THE NEW MANNER TILL THE DEATH OF FRANCOIS I THE Court of Francois I was, in the literal sense of the word, aflying court. It was never in the same place six months to-gether. The Venetian Ambassador complained that his wholelife was spent in peregrinations, and it…
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