. Art in France. FIG. 481. —VERSAILLES. LOUIS XJVS BEOROUU. 230 THE MONARCHICAL ART OF LOUIS XIV. FIG. 482. —\ERSAILLES. FRIEPE OF THE SALOX DE LCEIL-DE-BOEIF. floor with columns and pilasters, hidden his roof behind an attic storey,and broken the monotonous line of the upper balustrade with a fewvases and trophies. Below is a bare terrace, for nothing was allowedto detract from the proud majesty of the architecture. Two large sheetsof water reflect the evening flames kindled by the setting sun in thewindows of the palace. Colossal bronze figures, representing therivers of France ofl^ering the
. Art in France. FIG. 481. —VERSAILLES. LOUIS XJVS BEOROUU. 230 THE MONARCHICAL ART OF LOUIS XIV. FIG. 482. —\ERSAILLES. FRIEPE OF THE SALOX DE LCEIL-DE-BOEIF. floor with columns and pilasters, hidden his roof behind an attic storey,and broken the monotonous line of the upper balustrade with a fewvases and trophies. Below is a bare terrace, for nothing was allowedto detract from the proud majesty of the architecture. Two large sheetsof water reflect the evening flames 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
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