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 187
eu, the men who designed the Place Royale and the Place deFrance, had little to learn in the conduct of great enterprises in building.But as yet, and with one exception, they were not past masters in theart. The subtleties of proportion, the vital quality of scale, still eludedthem, and we look in… … -^ II. TO ka<:e p. 79] CHAPTER XVI LEMERCIER (CONTINUED) LEMERCIERS skill as a designer of churches was generallyrecognized. As an architect of domestic and civic buildings hehas received somewhat unfavourable criticism. Nicholas Poussinhad the poorest possible opinion of his taste as a…
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