Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 396
be added the Bourse or Ex-change, by Brongniart^ heavy in spite of its Corinthian peri-style, and the river front of the Corps Legislatif or PalaisBourbon, by Poyef, the only extant example of a dodecastyleportico with a pediment. All of these designs are character-ized by great elegance of detail… … FIG. 204.—ARC DE L ETOILE, PARIS. 3^4 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. colonnade as an embellishment for broad avenues and opensquares, or as the termination of an architectural vista. The Greek revival took little hold of the Parisian imag-ination. Its forms were too cold, too precise and fixed,…
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