. Art in France. ersailles au XVIt siecle I G. B. 1895, 11); IArt de Versailles, IEscalier des Ambas-sadeurs (R. A. A. M., 1900) ; IArt de Versailles, la Qalerie des Glaces (R. A. A. M., 1903).— Barbet, Les grandes eaux de Versailles, Paris, 1907. Tv/o periodicals are devoted tothe history of Versailles: Versailles illustre and the Revue de IHistoire de Versailles.—DeBoislisle, La Place des Victoires et la place (Mem. de la Societe de IHistoire deParis. 1888).—A de Champeaux, Le Meuble. 2 vols., Paris, 1885-1901 .—E. Molinier, LeMobilier au XVII et au XVIIL siecle, Paris, 1
. Art in France. ersailles au XVIt siecle I G. B. 1895, 11); IArt de Versailles, IEscalier des Ambas-sadeurs (R. A. A. M., 1900) ; IArt de Versailles, la Qalerie des Glaces (R. A. A. M., 1903).— Barbet, Les grandes eaux de Versailles, Paris, 1907. Tv/o periodicals are devoted tothe history of Versailles: Versailles illustre and the Revue de IHistoire de Versailles.—DeBoislisle, La Place des Victoires et la place (Mem. de la Societe de IHistoire deParis. 1888).—A de Champeaux, Le Meuble. 2 vols., Paris, 1885-1901 .—E. Molinier, LeMobilier au XVII et au XVIIL siecle, Paris, 1899; Le Mobilier franqais au Musee duLouvre, Paris, 1903.—H. Havard, Les Boulle, Paris, 1893.—J. Guiffrey, Les Caffieri, sculpteurset fondeurs-ciseleurs, Paris, 1877: Les Gobelins et Beauvai^, Paris, n. d.—Gerspach, Repertoiredefaille des Tapisseries , Paris, 1893. — M. Fenaille, £/a< General des Tapisseriesde la Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris, 1904-1909 {2 vols, published). 237. ni;. 4g4. — WATTKAi;. sionboard. (Collection of the German EnifXTor.) {Phoio. Berlin PhoiographU Hocieiy.) CHAPTER IV THE END OF LOUIS XIVS REIGN. AND PARISUNDER THE REGENCY Art in Paris: Arlisis in (he City. Transjornmlion of Dome, tic .Architecture and its Decoration;the Rococo Style. Religious Architecture. Sculpture. Painting; Transjormalion of theDecorative Style from Rrun to Moune. The Influence of Rubens: Dest>ories,Rigaud and Largilliere. — Halteau; Flemish Technique and Parisian Poetry. HisImitators. The prolonged old age of Louis XIV, the frequent intervals ofcourt mourning, even the reverses of the monarchy did not tend togive a gloomv cast to the temper of French artists. Architecture,sculpture and painting escaped the melancholy that brooded overthe last years of the reign. The disappearance of the king causedno break in the continuity of the intellectual history of France:it v^as responsible, perhaps, for an outbreak of libertin
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