How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 225
HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE tellectual, and she was much occupied with this most in-teresting find of a new mode of expression in architecture.The period includes the reigns of Charles VIII., LouisXII., and Francis I. At first the use of classic forms was … FIG. 83—THE PAVILION AT FONTAINEBLEAU, PARIS (FRANCIS I.) tentative. We find classic pilasters used sparingly on build-ings otherwise flamboyant in style. Greater boldnessfollowed. Soon classic moldings appeared freely inter-spersed with the Gothic forms, and during the reign ofFrancis the classic…
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