Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 397
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,… … FIG. 205.—THE MADELEINE, PARIS. design the principles of Greek external polychromy ; butthe frescoes and ornaments failed to withstand the Parisianclimate, and were finally erased. The Neo-Grec movementalready referred to, initiated by Due, Duban, and Labrousteabout 1830, aimed only to introduce…
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