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 132
the composition of the top storey with the two lowerorders is awkward and unhappy. The fact is that with orders above For three years, 1638-41, she was maintained in England by Charles I, her son-in-law, who allowed her a hundred livres a day (De Gisors, 54). See Hustin, 18-29. It is now the palace… … II. Ml Al K V. \U MARIE DE MEDICIS, DE BROSSE, DU CERCEAU 57 orders it is difificult to avoid a monotonous and merely mechanicaldesign. A man with a genius for proportion, such as Fran9ois Mansart,at Blois and Maisons, may justify himself by some excellent rhythm, butthis constant breaking-up of…
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