. Art in France. kindled by the setting sun in thewindows of the palace. Colossal bronze figures, representing therivers of France ofl^ering the homage of their waters to the king, reclineupon the margins obedient to the imperious horizontality of the the ground falls away on every side, leavmg the palace insuperb isolation. From the depths of the park, through a leafyvista at the end cf an alley it appears, white and lummous, withthe magical aspect of some fairystructure in the garden of the terrace, the eye com-mands the vast park, Le Notresmasterpiece; to the left, tow
. Art in France. kindled by the setting sun in thewindows of the palace. Colossal bronze figures, representing therivers of France ofl^ering the homage of their waters to the king, reclineupon the margins obedient to the imperious horizontality of the the ground falls away on every side, leavmg the palace insuperb isolation. From the depths of the park, through a leafyvista at the end cf an alley it appears, white and lummous, withthe magical aspect of some fairystructure in the garden of the terrace, the eye com-mands the vast park, Le Notresmasterpiece; to the left, towardsthe south, is a flower-garden,where box and blossoms spreadan embroidered carpet upon thesoil; on a sunk terrace below thisare the orangery and the piece ofwater known as the Piece deaudes Suisses; to the right, towardsthe north, are terraced parterres,descending to the Fountain ofNeptune. In front, towards thewest, stretches a wide turfed ave-nue, bordered by walls of densefoliage ; it extends from the Foun-. FIG. 483 —ROBERT DE CHAPEL OF VERSAILLES. 23 ART IN FRANCE
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