Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 291
, Henry IVs impe-rious Florentine consort,who introduced a whole newtrain of Italians into theFrench church and state.On the other we have theGallic spirit, impatient of formulas, independent andimaginative. Between these two tendencies archi-tectural design oscillated now towards the extreme… … Fig. 161.—Colossal Order ofHotel Lamoignon, Paris. RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE, I non (Fig. 161) ; now towards the extreme of fancifuland unregulated detail, as in the portal of the Hotelde Vogiie at Dijon (Figure 56), or that of the Chateaudes Ifs. The French builders of the time seized uponthe…
Decoration and ornament
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