. Art in France. KIG. 299.—HOTEL 1)E , AKRAS. France, A like enthusiasm inspiredgreat nobles, and high functionaries all ranks. The king,spent the greater part ofthe of their revenues on the construction ofexquisite chateaux. Humbler personsruined themselves by building, andPhilibert Delorme speaks of the distrustfelt by expectant heirs for least enterprising were eager totransform their old manor-houses in ac-cordance with the taste of the day; theygutted their ancient towers to pierce themwith windows; they added a modernblock of buildings to a Gothic or Roman-esque keep
. Art in France. KIG. 299.—HOTEL 1)E , AKRAS. France, A like enthusiasm inspiredgreat nobles, and high functionaries all ranks. The king,spent the greater part ofthe of their revenues on the construction ofexquisite chateaux. Humbler personsruined themselves by building, andPhilibert Delorme speaks of the distrustfelt by expectant heirs for least enterprising were eager totransform their old manor-houses in ac-cordance with the taste of the day; theygutted their ancient towers to pierce themwith windows; they added a modernblock of buildings to a Gothic or Roman-esque keep. The new style tended toregularity and symmetry. But thenecessity of preserving majestic and im-posing fragments forced architects todisplay a certain ingenuity. They de-vised unexpected aspects; they wereentertained by the unforeseen combina-tions produced by the feudal architec-ture of castles intermingled with the urban style of palaces, and,a little later, with classic facades in the Italian manner. From. 300.— Of TOIRS. 146 GOTHIC STYLE TO CLASSICAL ART
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