. Art in France. NATURALISM. U7. — . (HIRCH OFLA TRINITE, PARIS. made to contribute to the generaleffect. The principle of classic regu-larity went beyond the limits of afacade or a square, and extendedto the whole town. The audacityof these architects lay in their ap-pHcation of this conception to a cityso ancient and so vital as rebuilt the Cite and the twobanks which face it; they piercedParis with wide rectilinear ave-nues, extending from one monumentto another, just as the alleys atVersailles unite two fountains ortwo groups of sculpture. I havenever, writes Baron Haussma

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. Art in France. NATURALISM. U7. — . (HIRCH OFLA TRINITE, PARIS. made to contribute to the generaleffect. The principle of classic regu-larity went beyond the limits of afacade or a square, and extendedto the whole town. The audacityof these architects lay in their ap-pHcation of this conception to a cityso ancient and so vital as rebuilt the Cite and the twobanks which face it; they piercedParis with wide rectilinear ave-nues, extending from one monumentto another, just as the alleys atVersailles unite two fountains ortwo groups of sculpture. I havenever, writes Baron Haussmann,traced the line of any sort of street, and, still less, of any principalartery of Paris, without considering the point of view which couldbe given it. In this way, at the end of the avenue which he follows,the pedestrian sees a dome, a spire or a picturesque silhouette whicharouses his interest and leads him on to a square from whichother avenues radiate. These large arteries, sweeping through thecrowded quarters of old

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