. Art in France. GOTHIC STYLE TO CLASSICAL ART landscapes of his childhood. Hebegan the reconstruction of theOld castle, and raised a gracefulblock of buildings of brick andstone, crowned by a high roofwith Gothic dormer I was, as said Du Cerceau,marvellously addicted to build-ing. This architectural kingwas, indeed, the creator of Cham-bord, Madrid, Saint-Germain,La Muette, Villers-Cotterets,Blois, Fontainebleau, and PierreLescots Louvre. In each ofthese buildings, we can trace theprogress of classic the beginning of the sixteenthcentury, only a few motives arein
. Art in France. GOTHIC STYLE TO CLASSICAL ART landscapes of his childhood. Hebegan the reconstruction of theOld castle, and raised a gracefulblock of buildings of brick andstone, crowned by a high roofwith Gothic dormer I was, as said Du Cerceau,marvellously addicted to build-ing. This architectural kingwas, indeed, the creator of Cham-bord, Madrid, Saint-Germain,La Muette, Villers-Cotterets,Blois, Fontainebleau, and PierreLescots Louvre. In each ofthese buildings, we can trace theprogress of classic the beginning of the sixteenthcentury, only a few motives areintroduced; but very soon one of the latent principles of classicism,regularity, is imposed upon the fagades and plans of modern build-ings. Nevertheless, even when this royal architecture seems animitation of Italian palaces, it differs from these, because it answersto different requirements. The Italian villa was a place of restarranged primarily with a view to the delight of the eye; it isplaced on a picturesque. FIG. 305. TOMB OF MARGUERITE DE BOURBON, IN THE CHURCH AT BROU.
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