A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . z o I. lo 1-. 21 I JULES HARDOUIN MANSART 211 that the sculptors were at work on the details of the i^ranrl cornice ofthe interior and on the capitals and gargoyles of the exterior. AfterMansarts death in 1708 the work was completed under Robert deCotte and finally consecrated in 1710/ The Chapel at Versailles, in spite of its great effort, Is an unsatis-factory building. The first idea had been to build it in marble, but theKing, who feared this would make it damp and cold, insisted on ston
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . z o I. lo 1-. 21 I JULES HARDOUIN MANSART 211 that the sculptors were at work on the details of the i^ranrl cornice ofthe interior and on the capitals and gargoyles of the exterior. AfterMansarts death in 1708 the work was completed under Robert deCotte and finally consecrated in 1710/ The Chapel at Versailles, in spite of its great effort, Is an unsatis-factory building. The first idea had been to build it in marble, but theKing, who feared this would make it damp and cold, insisted on stonebeing used instead. The Kings apartments were on the first floor, andthe whole scheme of the Chapel was subordinated to his convenience ofaccess. The result is that all the part below the gallery is out of rela-tion to the rest of the interior. The principal point of view is not onthe floor of the Chapel, but on the gallery floor, and the proportionswere designed from this standpoint. As a consequence of this theChapel is far too high for the proportions of what purports to be aclassical buil
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