. Art in France. (jC4. I ^ (The Louvre, Paris.) 1 (105.—CLUlPl SATVR. (Cluny Museum, Paris.) its principles. As had happened before in the case of the Flam-boyant Style, it was abroad—and more especially in Germany —that the Rococo manner ran riot. Even in the middle of the cen-tury, Cochin the younger, the engraver, denounced this style in thename of good sense, and his strictures recall those which Vilruvlus 1: 1 w ^I^H r J 1. 1 \l0l . \1\ Ill ll(The Louvre, Paris.) ii;. (K- ■. . Aiis (Con>&lie-Franpuse, Paris.) 288 PARISIAN ART UNDER LOUIS XV A
. Art in France. (jC4. I ^ (The Louvre, Paris.) 1 (105.—CLUlPl SATVR. (Cluny Museum, Paris.) its principles. As had happened before in the case of the Flam-boyant Style, it was abroad—and more especially in Germany —that the Rococo manner ran riot. Even in the middle of the cen-tury, Cochin the younger, the engraver, denounced this style in thename of good sense, and his strictures recall those which Vilruvlus 1: 1 w ^I^H r J 1. 1 \l0l . \1\ Ill ll(The Louvre, Paris.) ii;. (K- ■. . Aiis (Con>&lie-Franpuse, Paris.) 288 PARISIAN ART UNDER LOUIS XV AND LOUIS XVI addressed in classic times to that fan-tastic decoration which the men of theRenaissance christened the second half of the century,the tranquil geometry of French archi-tects overcame the nervous agitation ofcabinet-makers and metal-workers. Paris was actively at work destroy-ing her mediaeval city, and multiplying erect-ed a mon-umentalfountainin the Ruede Cre-nelle. Hisstructure.
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