ABC/344 - The Architecture of the Renaissance in France vol. 1

ABC/344

The Architecture of the Renaissance in France vol. 1

1 volume

A small volume that gives a general view of the Architecture of the Renaissance in France, A History of the Evolution o the Arts of Building, Decoration and Garden Design under Classical Influence from 1495 to 1830. The text is accompanied by numerous illustrations (photographs, drawings, sections, elevations and plans) in the text. The Chapters of this book cover the following subjects: France in the XVth century; French Gothic; Italian Influence on French Art; The Renaissance in Italy: Lombard, Roman, Scholastic, and Barocco phases; Fusion of Italian and Native Elements in French Architecture; Style of Louis XII; Style of Francis I; Style of Henry II; Styles of Henry IV and Louis XIII. Buildings included: Louvre, Paris; Chateau of Tanlay; Hotel de Ville, Dreux; Houses of the Quay, Perigueux; Chapel of Lazarus, Marseilles; Ducal Castle, Nancy; Castle of Amboise; Castle of Chateaudun; Timber House, Joigny; Castle of Gaillon; Castle of Blois; Chateau St. Ouen, Chemaze; House of Agnes Sorel, Orleans; Hotel d'Alluye, Blois; Archbishop's Palace, Sens; 'Bureau de Finances', Rouen; Palais de Justice, Rouen; 'Grand Cerf' Inn, Grand Andely; Castle Chapel at Gaillon; Chartres Cathedral; Chapel of the Holy Spirit; St. Calais; Castle Chapel at Usse; Tours Cathedral; Villemaur; Bretagnolles; Priory Church, Solesmes; Chateau de Chambord; Troyes, Oriel in Hotel de Marisy; Castle of Bury, near Blois; Castle of Fontaine-Henri; Castle of Azay-le-Rideau; Villa at Moret; Chateau of Madrid in Bois de Boulogne, near Paris; Chateau of Ecouen, near St. Denis; Palace of Fontainebleau; Castle of St. Germain-en-Laye; Chatau of Challuau, near Fontainebleau; Chateau of La Muette, near St. Germain; Castle o Rochefoucauld; St. Jean d'Angely; Town-House of Charles de Valois d'Ecoville, Caen; Hotel d'Ecoville, Caen; House in Rue de Recouvrance known as 'Maison de Francois I', Orleans; House known as 'Maison de la Coquille', Orleans; Timber House known as 'Maison de Diane de Poitiers', Rouen; Hotel de Ville, Beaugency on the Loire; Hotel de Ville by Domenico Bernabei of Cotona, Paris; St. Eustache, Paris; St. Etienne-du-Mont, Paris; Parish Church, Ennery; St. Pierre, Tonnerre; Abbey of St. Martin, Tours; Castle Chapel at Champigny-sur-Veude, near Chinon; Parish Church of Tillieres, near Dreux; St. Taurin, Evreux; Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Guingamp; Chateau Chapel, Champigny-sur-Veude; St. Michel, Dijon; Parish Church, L'Isle Adam; Parish Church, Brie-Comte-Robert; Tower of St. Antoine, Loches; Tower of Parish Church, Bressure; St. Martin, Epernay; St. Andre-lez-Troyes; Beauvais Cathedral; Parish Church, Beaumont-le-Roger; St. Gervais and St. Protais, Gisors; Font in St. Ouen, Pont Audemer; St. Pierre, Caen; Sens Cathedral; Limoges Cathedral; Chateau of Ancy-le-Franc; Hotel Lasbordes, Toulouse; Hotel de Brons, Sarlat; Well-House, Coutras; Chateau of la Tour d'Aigues; Philibert de l'Ormes System of Roof Construction; 'Maison du Pont d'Amour', Beauvais; Chateau of Chenonceaux; The 'Chatelet', Chantilly; Chateau of Monceaux-en-Brie; Chateau of Bournazel; Hotel d'Assezat, Toulouse; Museum at Nancy; Musee de Cluny, Paris; St. Maclou, Rouen; Oriel, 66 Rue de la Vannerie, Dijon; The Louvre and Tuileries; Verneuil; Chateau of Charleval; Chateau of Sully-en-Bourgogne; Chateau du Pailly; Chateau of Tanlay; Chateau of Louppy; Hotel de Lamoignon, Paris; House, Place de St. Pierre, Bar-le-Duc; Hotel Chambellan, Dijon; Palais de Justice, Besancon; Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Parish Church; St. Gervais and St. Protais, Gisors; Ste. Clothilde, Le Grand Andely; St. Pierre, Auxerre; Ossuary and Porches, St. Thegonnec; La Roche-Maurice; Sacristy, Sizun; Porch and Calvary, Gumiliau; St. Nicolas, Troyes; St. Nizier, Lyons; Narthex of Chateau Chapel, Champigny-sur-Veude; 'Porte Chapelle', Compiegne; Parish Church, Le Mesnil-Aubry; Chapel of St. Romanus, Rouen; Mausoleum Chapel, Anet; Valois Mausoleum or Tour des Valois, St. Denis; Tomb of Francis I, St. Denis; Tomb of Louis de Breze in Lady Chapel, Rouen Cathedral; Laon Cathedral; Rood Screen, Arques; Chateau de Rougemont; Luxembourg Palace, Paris; Place Royale or des Vosges, Paris; Houses in Place Dauphine, Paris; Chateau de Ifs; Hotel de Bouillon or Liancourt, Rue de Seine; Hotel de Longueville, or d'Epernon, Rue St. Thomas du Louvre, Paris; Chateau de Courances; Chateau of Oyron; Chateau of Beaumesnil; Pavillion de l'Horloge or Sully, Louvre Court; Chateau of Coulommier-en-Brie; Chateau of Richelieu; Hotel de Vogue, Dijon; Hotel de Conde, Paris; Hotel de Sully, Rue St. Antoine, Paris; Porte de la Conference, near Tuileries Gardens, Paris; Chateau of Lasson; 'Temple' or Protestant Church, Charenton; College Chapel, Eu; St. Etienne du Mont, Paris; Chapel of the Minims Monastery, Tours; Chapel of the Jesuit College, Rouen; Jesuit Church, Rue St. Antoine, Paris; St. Gervais Paris; St. Paul and St. Louis, Paris; Ste. Marie, Nevers; Church of the Visitation, Rue St. Antoine, Paris; St. Paul and St. Louis.