Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 348
the area ofthe demolished fort-ress. Onlv the south-west half, comprisingtwo sides of the court,was, however, under-taken at the outsetmonarchs to amplify the original scheme, and ultimately tocomplete, late in the present century, the most extensiveand beautiful of all the royal residences of… … FIG. 179.—DETAIL OF COURT OF LOlVKE, PARIS. (Fig. 179). It remained for later 3l6 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE.-^ pecially Azay-le-Rideau (1520) and Chenonceaux (1515-23),may be mentioned, all displaying that love of rural pleasure,that hatred of the city and its confinement, which so dis-tinguish the…
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