A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . e Blondel (J. F.), Arch. Franc, iv, 5. The younger Blondel himself consideredthe East fac^ade of the Louvre non seulement comnie le triomphe de Iarchitectureet de la sculpture, mais encore comme le chef-doeuvre de Fart pour la hardiesse dela construction. En effet rien de si regulier que Iordre darchitecture qui y preside,rien de si interressant que les membres qui Iaccompagnent: point dornemens mieuxentendus que ceux distribuds dans toute cette ordonnance: enfin rien de si magnifiqueque sa const
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . e Blondel (J. F.), Arch. Franc, iv, 5. The younger Blondel himself consideredthe East fac^ade of the Louvre non seulement comnie le triomphe de Iarchitectureet de la sculpture, mais encore comme le chef-doeuvre de Fart pour la hardiesse dela construction. En effet rien de si regulier que Iordre darchitecture qui y preside,rien de si interressant que les membres qui Iaccompagnent: point dornemens mieuxentendus que ceux distribuds dans toute cette ordonnance: enfin rien de si magnifiqueque sa construction: tout y est noble et imposant (Cours dArchitecture, iii, 66).Perrault was avenged on his contemporaries, but it took nearly one hundred yearsto do it. Frangois Blondel, Cours dArchitecture, part iii, chaps, x, xi, and xii (2nd ), written soon after 1671. Blondels criticism is a close and keen statement of thecase for the authority of the ancients. In order to avoid comparison between the twoBlondels, the elder Blondel is always described in the text as Francois Blondel. P[,. XXI. CO QJ < g 3 6 a z 1. TO IACK V. Si] BERNINI AND CLAUDE PERRAULT Si design, considered the Peristyle one of the three or four master-pieces of French architecture, and he considered there was no buildingin France more capable of inspiring le bon goflt de Iarchitecture. Itsmost serious fault, in his opinion, was the insignificance of the mainentrance in relation to the rest of the facade, and he suggests that thisshould have been set in the middle of a grand external staircase, lead-ing to the loggia on the first floor, in the manner of the staircases atFontainebleau, Meudon, and the Chateau Neuf at S. design, however, that he made for this himself is not very con-vincing. The most remarkable thing about Perraults design is itsoriginality, and in a way its individuality. We are now so used to thismanner that we are apt to take it for granted, but at the date inqu
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