. Art in France. FIG. 312.—FAfADE OF THE CATHEDRALOF TOCL. (Photo. Monuments Histori^ues.) GOTHIC STYLE TO CLASSICAL ART. FIG. 313.—VIRGIN AND CHILD. CHURCH OF SAINT GALMIER, LOIRE. the distinction between one building andanother, and even between one period andanother, was very slight. If we omit theinternal arrangements, the history of Frencharchitecture could be followed almost com-pletely in the fashion of disposing colonnadeson a facade. Nevertheless, limited tothese methods, it created varied styles andforms that were always pure; in proportionas it restricted decorative invention, the a
. Art in France. FIG. 312.—FAfADE OF THE CATHEDRALOF TOCL. (Photo. Monuments Histori^ues.) GOTHIC STYLE TO CLASSICAL ART. FIG. 313.—VIRGIN AND CHILD. CHURCH OF SAINT GALMIER, LOIRE. the distinction between one building andanother, and even between one period andanother, was very slight. If we omit theinternal arrangements, the history of Frencharchitecture could be followed almost com-pletely in the fashion of disposing colonnadeson a facade. Nevertheless, limited tothese methods, it created varied styles andforms that were always pure; in proportionas it restricted decorative invention, the artof building owed more to measurement andcalculation. In the middle of the sixteenth century,three men were brilliant exponents of thisarchitecture, which had already becomethe classic French style. These werePierre Lescot, Jean Bullant, and PhilibertDelorme. Pierre Lescot was commissionedby Francis I to rebuild the Louvre. Hegutted Charles Vs palace, and built the south-west corner of thesquare court, two blocks of buildings which were to serve asmodels to many architects; they were the nucleus of that newLouvre
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