How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 242
itablyin 1774 with the execution of Louis XVI. and the down-fall of the monarchic rule of France. It therefore extendsthrough a period of one hundred and sixty-four years, andincludes the reigns of Louis XIII., XIV., XV., and XVI. Richelieu and Louis XIII. died within a few monthsof each other.… … FIG. 91—DOORWAY AT VERSAILLES (LOUIS XIV.) HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE nation in his grasp until his death. In power Mazarinwas a second Richelieu, but the latter was a patriot andplayed for the greatness of France. Mazarin played forpersonal power and for his pocket. Louis XIV., growingup under this…
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