. Art in France. riC. 505.—DE LA FOSSE. TRIUMPHOF BACCHUS. I The Louvre, Paris.) but the architects of the day did notalways see that it was absurd, inbuilding, to adopt the forms of carvedwoodwork, engraved metal, or FIG. 506.— DE OYSTER FEAST. (Conde Museum, Chantilly.) moulded potterv. The chapelat Versailles is a good exampleof the limits within which it ispermissible to enliven the Jesuitstvle without making it abso-lutely profane. Versailles wasnot, like the Escurial, a kingsmonastery, a palace built rounda church. It was a country-house, enlarged to contain theCourt and th
. Art in France. riC. 505.—DE LA FOSSE. TRIUMPHOF BACCHUS. I The Louvre, Paris.) but the architects of the day did notalways see that it was absurd, inbuilding, to adopt the forms of carvedwoodwork, engraved metal, or FIG. 506.— DE OYSTER FEAST. (Conde Museum, Chantilly.) moulded potterv. The chapelat Versailles is a good exampleof the limits within which it ispermissible to enliven the Jesuitstvle without making it abso-lutely profane. Versailles wasnot, like the Escurial, a kingsmonastery, a palace built rounda church. It was a country-house, enlarged to contain theCourt and the executive of thesovereign. But a place had
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