. Art in France. -THE LOU\RE. GALEKIE D 233 ART IN FRANCE. FIC. —LE BRIN. TIIK TRIl MPH OF ALEXANDKU(.( TAPESTRY. {Photo. Fenailh.) are not all obsolete. Colbert caused theand that same ClaudePerrault, who had de-signed a stately colonnadefor a king, was wiseenough in this case toavoid all useless orna-ment, and to look lorbeauty only in lodged thewounded veterans of thearmy in the Hotel des In-valides; Liberal Bruantdid not attempt to maskthe severity of his facades under a veneer king, and put Louis XIVon a colossal pedestal, thathe might appear greater
. Art in France. -THE LOU\RE. GALEKIE D 233 ART IN FRANCE. FIC. —LE BRIN. TIIK TRIl MPH OF ALEXANDKU(.( TAPESTRY. {Photo. Fenailh.) are not all obsolete. Colbert caused theand that same ClaudePerrault, who had de-signed a stately colonnadefor a king, was wiseenough in this case toavoid all useless orna-ment, and to look lorbeauty only in lodged thewounded veterans of thearmy in the Hotel des In-valides; Liberal Bruantdid not attempt to maskthe severity of his facades under a veneer king, and put Louis XIVon a colossal pedestal, thathe might appear , the art of thisage was not merely deco-rative. There was nevera period when more worksof public utility were un-dertaken. Colbert con-structed ports; Louvoisfortified the frontiers, andeven now their structuresfirst observatory to be built.
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