. Art in France. ART IN FRANCE. I. pvr of the a m 1 (J a 1e Jesuit FIG. 633.—P1,A(K , N.\.\(\. the Hat,facades churches. In place ofthe old church of SaintGenevieve, Soufflot(1713-1780) erected acolossal building, inwhich, like Bramante inSt. Peters at Rome, hesucceeded in raising thedome of the Pantheon onthe vaults of the basilicaof Constantine. Theperistyle recalls that of Agrippas Pantheon (Figs. 638, 640). Thecolossal order replaced the superposed orders of the Renaissance onthe facades of churches, as it had already replaced them on thefagades of palaces. But little more was requ
. Art in France. ART IN FRANCE. I. pvr of the a m 1 (J a 1e Jesuit FIG. 633.—P1,A(K , N.\.\(\. the Hat,facades churches. In place ofthe old church of SaintGenevieve, Soufflot(1713-1780) erected acolossal building, inwhich, like Bramante inSt. Peters at Rome, hesucceeded in raising thedome of the Pantheon onthe vaults of the basilicaof Constantine. Theperistyle recalls that of Agrippas Pantheon (Figs. 638, 640). Thecolossal order replaced the superposed orders of the Renaissance onthe facades of churches, as it had already replaced them on thefagades of palaces. But little more was required to give Christianchurches the appearance of pagan temples. As they had no newproblems to resolve, architects sought for novelty only in a more orless exact imitation of the antique. In the seventeenth century,Colbert dreamed of transporting the Maison Carree of Nimes toParis, stone by stone. The last classical church built, the Made-leine, after some vacillation on the part of the constructors, endedby becoming an enlarg
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