. Paris and environs : with routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland : handbook for travellers. t distinguished master of the ear-lier French Renaissance style, who continued to superintend theworks during the reign of the splendour-loving Henri II. (1547-59),and under subsequent monarchs, down to his death in 1578. Ofthe ViEux Louvre, or large quadrangle formed by the buildingsenclosing the Cour du Louvre (comp. the Plan), half of the westernand half of the southern side next to the Seine were erected byLescot. The *Fa5ade of the W. wing, facing the court, risin
. Paris and environs : with routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland : handbook for travellers. t distinguished master of the ear-lier French Renaissance style, who continued to superintend theworks during the reign of the splendour-loving Henri II. (1547-59),and under subsequent monarchs, down to his death in 1578. Ofthe ViEux Louvre, or large quadrangle formed by the buildingsenclosing the Cour du Louvre (comp. the Plan), half of the westernand half of the southern side next to the Seine were erected byLescot. The *Fa5ade of the W. wing, facing the court, rising inthree stories, and decorated with sculptures by Jean Goujon andPaul Ponce, is justly admired as the richest and most perfectexample of the early Renaissance architecture of that period. After the death of Henri II. his widow Catherine de Medicis(d. 1589), during the reigns of her sons Francis II. (d. 1560),Charles IX. (d. 1574), and Henri III. (d. 1589), continued theerection of the S. wing, and in 1566 also proceeded to build the t For details regarding the artists, see List at the end of the Handbook. -R 11 e d e sparisenvironswit00inkarl. 138
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