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 312
gs whichhave acquired immortality have only done so because they have beenrecognized as beautiful by competent judges^ throughout all ages. Mansarade, ou IArchitecte Partisan, 1651, quoted by Laborde, Le PalaisMazarin. The inspiration of this attack is obvious. Perrault, Les Hommes Illustres, ed.… … > a I ri. TO TAi i. r. 134 FRANgOIS MANSART 135 Mansart stands apart from his contemporaries and even from hissuccessors, able as they were, in the completeness of his art, his senseof scale, his admirable feeling for proportion, and his splendid simpli-city of statement. The part that he played…
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