. Art in France. THE EVOLUTION OF CLASSICAL ART. F:G. 440.—CLAIDE LOKKAIN. LAMPu \ACC1NL (The Louvre, Paris.) realised under Louis monarchy whichmade France so greatasked httle from its suspended the sumptuouscaprices of Fontainebleau,and left Versailles a prettybrick country worked more es-pecially for the privatecitizen and for the re-ligious orders, buildingmansions and churches andadorning them with Chris-tian or mythological pictures. Under the somewhat depressedvaults of Saint Paul or Saint Nicolas du Chardonnet, the serious mindand the robust faith of th
. Art in France. THE EVOLUTION OF CLASSICAL ART. F:G. 440.—CLAIDE LOKKAIN. LAMPu \ACC1NL (The Louvre, Paris.) realised under Louis monarchy whichmade France so greatasked httle from its suspended the sumptuouscaprices of Fontainebleau,and left Versailles a prettybrick country worked more es-pecially for the privatecitizen and for the re-ligious orders, buildingmansions and churches andadorning them with Chris-tian or mythological pictures. Under the somewhat depressedvaults of Saint Paul or Saint Nicolas du Chardonnet, the serious mindand the robust faith of the times still make themselves felt: sombrepaintings and tombs devoid of splendour lurk in their dark rugged images lack neither vigour nor sincerity, and it is easyto forgive those we can respect for making no attempt to dazzle,nor even to please. In the Place Royale and in the mansions of the Marais, again, wecan evoke the art-lovmg burgesses of the day. Never were paintersand sculptors more constantly employed than those of th
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