Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 248
asterpiece which it is. All the lines in the construction of thismarvel flow together with the grace of living,growing things culminating in curves not onlydelight-giving in themselves, but governed byexact law, while every detail is enriched witha lacework of intricate carving not to berivalled in… … The Church of Brou i8i wedded life, the Duke of Savoy, Philibert leBeau, was killed while hunting, and that hiswidow. Marguerite of Austria, devoted the re-mainder of her life to building him one of themost beautiful monuments in all the world. That she succeeded few who have seen theChurch of Brou…
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