The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 415
enth century, the crampingtyranny of the guilds being thrown off, the court be-came the nucleus of good taste round which gatheredall the genius and cultivation of a new civilization. Thus France under the Valois came into just thesort of receptive condition for great artistic changes,especially… … Fig. 160.—Chateau ile Chenonceau. kind, while such names as Primaticcio, Leonardo daVinci, Benvenuto Cellini, Delia Robbia, and Serlioprove him to have been a discriminating patron. Collections of manuscripts, pictures, statuary, andprecious stones became fashionable among the no-bility in…
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