A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . lf by the reign of Louis XIV as one of therecognized professions. Important buildings were no longer left toMaitres Jzircs. The latter were confined to their proper function ofundertaking contracts in their several trades, and their control andsuperintendence were now definitely placed in the hands of trainedprofessional architects. But monopoly was by no means exterminated,it was merely transferred to the architects. The tradition of hereditarycallings was inveterate in the French bourgeoisie, a
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . lf by the reign of Louis XIV as one of therecognized professions. Important buildings were no longer left toMaitres Jzircs. The latter were confined to their proper function ofundertaking contracts in their several trades, and their control andsuperintendence were now definitely placed in the hands of trainedprofessional architects. But monopoly was by no means exterminated,it was merely transferred to the architects. The tradition of hereditarycallings was inveterate in the French bourgeoisie, and the strong familyconnections so formed created a monopoly not the less formidablebecause it was concealed from the public. The architects of the timeof Louis XIV, at any rate the successful ones, were closely connected ;they had behind them and around them, in the building officials andcontractors in the Royal employment, a solid phalanx of kinsmen andconnections which enabled them to take up a position in business notwholly dissimilar to that which had been so grossly eibused by the Pl. XL. f (/( I 1/ ni i \ ^ Mil s i kii hi ,?.??. i, /??Iliw 1/ ftttxtil ciUhrmcL^Cii y .font, noun uw c S,iili en dr!i/a-^....^r -??????? ?? ?? -- . •??? ^ Ra/- \P rell, LA SALIKTRlkRE, PARIS IIRUANT (seC p. I 31)
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