. Art in France. FIG. ^&;i. CHATEAU DE 183 {Pholo. LArchitecle.) ART IN FRANCE. H MlAI Dl. I) \ Christians. The Jesuits, who, in their colleges, reconcile Christiantheology and antique thought, taught very elegant combinations. Wherever they ha\edirected the intellect, ineducation as in art,they have found aclassical language for theirCatholicism. 1 hey it was who de-termmed the architectonicforms which were to re-place the Gothic Marlelange designedfor urban churches andconvents reductions of St. Peters at Rome, and of the Chiesadel Gesii. This Roman sty
. Art in France. FIG. ^&;i. CHATEAU DE 183 {Pholo. LArchitecle.) ART IN FRANCE. H MlAI Dl. I) \ Christians. The Jesuits, who, in their colleges, reconcile Christiantheology and antique thought, taught very elegant combinations. Wherever they ha\edirected the intellect, ineducation as in art,they have found aclassical language for theirCatholicism. 1 hey it was who de-termmed the architectonicforms which were to re-place the Gothic Marlelange designedfor urban churches andconvents reductions of St. Peters at Rome, and of the Chiesadel Gesii. This Roman style was widely distributed, thanks tothe religious orders, just as was the rejuvenated authority of thePope. Nothing was left of the Gothic principle of directingpressure to the ribs, pillars, and flying buttresses; once more,the building relied for solidity upon compactness, and the problemwas how to give this mass an elegant silhouette, and to mask themasonry with a decorative facade. This so-called Jesuit architec-ture seems to be a revivalof Romanesque, becauseboth are derived fromantiquity,
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