. Art in France. FIG. 280.—CHATEAU DE SAINT-GERMAIN. ART IN FRANCE. FlC. 281.—(HATEAT DE CllENONCEAU. (Photo. Neurdein.) It finds expression In the facades of certain mansions, and in that of the Church of Saint Michel, as also in the furniture carved by Hugues Sambin ( 09). Franche - Comte,rich in black marbles andin alabaster which wasused by the Dijon sculp-tors, had lived in artisticdependence upon Bur-gundy. The great nobleshad caused splendid mau-soleums to be erected forthemselves. In the six-teenth century these tombslost their Gothic character,and even their religioussignificance
. Art in France. FIG. 280.—CHATEAU DE SAINT-GERMAIN. ART IN FRANCE. FlC. 281.—(HATEAT DE CllENONCEAU. (Photo. Neurdein.) It finds expression In the facades of certain mansions, and in that of the Church of Saint Michel, as also in the furniture carved by Hugues Sambin ( 09). Franche - Comte,rich in black marbles andin alabaster which wasused by the Dijon sculp-tors, had lived in artisticdependence upon Bur-gundy. The great nobleshad caused splendid mau-soleums to be erected forthemselves. In the six-teenth century these tombslost their Gothic character,and even their religioussignificance; pilasters and arabesques replaced pointed arches and pinnacles, and pagan figures were associated with Christian personages. At Brou, a church was built to shelter tombs, rich monuments in which the Renaissance style mingles with Flamboyant art. Commissioned by an Austrian princess, the grand-daughter of the Dukes of Burgundy, betrothed in the first instance to the King of France, afterwards married to the King of Spain, and soon a widow, and executed by a be
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