. Art in France. 44S. —PORTK UK PARIS. K. 216 THE MONARCHICAL ART OF LOUIS XIV. FIG. 449. GIRARDON. REDUCTION OF THE STATUE OF LOnS XIV. (The Louvre, Paris.) ministerial instructions bear theirimprint: but the minister could notbring himself to allow a foreigner tobuild the palace of the Iving ofFrance. Even when the first stonewas laid, he would not put theItalians name on the commemorativemedal placed in the foundations, andafter Bernini left, his plans werevery soon abandoned. Colbert,like all the rest of the world, ad-mired Italy, but his admiration tookthe form of desiring to emulate
. Art in France. 44S. —PORTK UK PARIS. K. 216 THE MONARCHICAL ART OF LOUIS XIV. FIG. 449. GIRARDON. REDUCTION OF THE STATUE OF LOnS XIV. (The Louvre, Paris.) ministerial instructions bear theirimprint: but the minister could notbring himself to allow a foreigner tobuild the palace of the Iving ofFrance. Even when the first stonewas laid, he would not put theItalians name on the commemorativemedal placed in the foundations, andafter Bernini left, his plans werevery soon abandoned. Colbert,like all the rest of the world, ad-mired Italy, but his admiration tookthe form of desiring to emulate her,not of installing her in Paris. Bernini was disposed to raze thewhole quarter to the ground, tomake room for a great Romanpalace, solemn and austere. ClaudePerrault (1667-1674) designed agreeable fagade; between the ground floor and the entabla-ture, detached columns form a defect of the design is that it is notadapted to the divisions of a modernhouse; an over-zealous admiration forantique architecture led men to apply thecolonnade of a temple without sto
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