A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . l^^-itf .X . PR VERSAILLES. GARDLN FRONT AS ALTERED BY J. H. MANSART (SUC p. l88) I. I. TO lACK r. 187] JULES HARDOUIN MANSART 187 and his architect a past-master, Mansart seems to have gradually gotinto his own hands the whole control of the palace. Nor was hedeterred by a sense of chivalry from taking advantage of an openingat the expense of his friends and colleagues. Saint-Simon says thatwhen Le Notre was absent in Italy, Mansart seized the opportunity todesign and carry out the
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . l^^-itf .X . PR VERSAILLES. GARDLN FRONT AS ALTERED BY J. H. MANSART (SUC p. l88) I. I. TO lACK r. 187] JULES HARDOUIN MANSART 187 and his architect a past-master, Mansart seems to have gradually gotinto his own hands the whole control of the palace. Nor was hedeterred by a sense of chivalry from taking advantage of an openingat the expense of his friends and colleagues. Saint-Simon says thatwhen Le Notre was absent in Italy, Mansart seized the opportunity todesign and carry out the Colonnade in the gardens, an inartisticand meaningless design, but of great cost in execution. The Gardenswere then in the hands of Le Notre. Mansarts action was nothingless than an unscrupulous trespass on another mans province. Whenthe King asked Le Notre what he thought of it, the latter contentedhimself with replying, you have turned a mason into a gardener, andhe has given you a piece of his trade. The secret of Mansarts successwas his single eye for the main chance. I have already described hisdesertion of La Teuliere in the matter of the Directorship of theAcademy of Rome. La Teulie
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