How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 226
e. 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 decorations, cleverly adapted andgreatly enriched, dominated the… … FIG. 84—FINE ARTS BUILDING, NEW YORK (FRANCIS I.) HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE appeared, thus marking the end of the discovery or tran-sition period and the beginning of a new. The most important example of the transition in archi-tecture during this period is the Chateau Blois (Fig. 80).This was begun…
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