A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . the imagination, like the superbsweep of the balustrade round the attic storey of the dome of S. Pauls,and the beautiful treatment of the columns round the drum. The valuegiven to the shadows of the three open intercolumniations by the solidmass of every fourth bay, is typical of the inspiration that makesS. Pauls one of the supreme architectural achievements in the world. On the top of his dome Mansart placed a remarkable lanternsurmounted by an obelisk, and he made the outline worse by an over-
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . the imagination, like the superbsweep of the balustrade round the attic storey of the dome of S. Pauls,and the beautiful treatment of the columns round the drum. The valuegiven to the shadows of the three open intercolumniations by the solidmass of every fourth bay, is typical of the inspiration that makesS. Pauls one of the supreme architectural achievements in the world. On the top of his dome Mansart placed a remarkable lanternsurmounted by an obelisk, and he made the outline worse by an over-hanging balcony which disconnected the dome and its first idea had lost itself in details; moreover, Mansart was immersedin business and ever deepening intrigues, and must have left the workalmost entirely to his subordinates. In 1685 Mansart, whose salarywas 10,000 francs per annum, had as his draughtsmen Cauchy, Davilerand Pierre Cailleteau dit LAssurance, all found for him by the State The Academy of Architecture had, however, expHcitly condemned this practice. Pl. lxxxi. CHURCH OF THE DOME, LES INVALIDES—ELEVATION. J. H. iMANSART (p. 2o6)(from DESCRIPTION GENERALE ) [l. TO FACK r. 206 £rlati ouuraldu rex. ih chaiisscc Jc toiu L -i i I Lr lUiUeu ilii dome Je Li^qriideSqluf. a Cof/ir ct mm-ftrc a ^hjes. Cluipi^dlcj If in cr-oisent !f doiru ^ GraJcr chufpellcf aujc^ comJdudsim<. ^ Partatldelaarivulc£^4jLje. 6 £jcaIJicrspour monter en htuit JUF lej plaiie^^ dcj^ conihtcfJ luSacn^tied LEQlut lainauon^ Baj co^tc-j-dc la diac F^fluexo DeiiueluJie ou sont It^ chamciU-fdeJ baj cojUx. dc la diMe S^ La parte dc lE^Use de la mauotiiCL Grandperivn daporcmldr IS^Ujf da/tJ la J Xa coiir J, nwtcfine-f coitrj/5 CorridordcJ*Charletnaant otu re^nent p nrtoul16 LtJ rejfrctotr^ dcj JolddUj^J J I- (J i^/fccZoir:/ dx^ offirter. tJ8 Gra/ide-f cuij-utcrdej o^cujvet^ Lauotrs de/ricr U^dttttJ DipfJicej o
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