. Art in France. FIG. 621. COUNCIL CHAMBER. OF FGNTAINEBLEAU. picturesque terraces andopen up distant fortified cities of theMiddle Ages came tobreathe the fresh air ontheir ancient ramparts,just as the feudal noblesof the Renaissance haddone when they trans-formed their castles. By the end of the cen-tury a great many towns FIG. 020. HOTEL SOUBISE. ARCHIVES NATIONALES, PARIS. buildings of the Gothic age. Some-times it was content withjuxtaposition, as in thecase of the beautifulepiscopal palaces inGabriels manner whicharose by the side of manyold cathedrals. Thetowns which were
. Art in France. FIG. 621. COUNCIL CHAMBER. OF FGNTAINEBLEAU. picturesque terraces andopen up distant fortified cities of theMiddle Ages came tobreathe the fresh air ontheir ancient ramparts,just as the feudal noblesof the Renaissance haddone when they trans-formed their castles. By the end of the cen-tury a great many towns FIG. 020. HOTEL SOUBISE. ARCHIVES NATIONALES, PARIS. buildings of the Gothic age. Some-times it was content withjuxtaposition, as in thecase of the beautifulepiscopal palaces inGabriels manner whicharose by the side of manyold cathedrals. Thetowns which were suffo-cating within their en-circling walls demolishedthese and transformedthem into public prome-nades. The escarpmentswere utilised to form. KIC. ()22.—LE PETIT TRIANON, VERSAILLES. 293 ART IN FRANCE
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