Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 342
de Medi-cine by Gondouin and his Hotel de la Monnaie; theHotel de Salm (now the Palace of the Legion of 258 RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE, II Honor) by Rousseau (1782); the Grenelle fountainand the Petit Trianon, all alike exhibit this new tastefor classic purity and refinement, although built at… … Fig. 191.—Louis XVI Wikdow-head, House in Rue du Temple, Pahis. In these the careful proportioning of the voids andsolids, a studied refining of all the profiles of cornicesand moldings, a discreet use of quoins and rustication,a frequent resort to rectangular wall-panels, and a gen-eral avoidance…
Decoration and ornament
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