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A text-book of the history of architecture (1904)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 395

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oval on theRoman Revival. TheArch of Triumph ofthe Carrousel, behind the Tuileries, by Percier and Fontaine^the magnificent Arc de IEtoile, at the summit of the Avenueof the Champs Elysees, by Chalgrin ; the wing begun byNapoleon to connect the Tuileries with the Louvre on theland side, and the… … FIG. 203.—EXTERIOR OF PANTHEON, PARIS. THE CLASSIC REVIVALS IN EUROPE. 363 ments of each case would permit. All these monuments,begun between 1806 and 1809, were completed after theRestoration. The Arch of the Carrousel is a close copyof Roman models;that of the Etoile(Fig. 204) was amuch more…

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