CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER VI. STYLE OF LOUIS XV. (1710-70). 

 ROCOCO-PALLADIAN COMPROMISE. 



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REGENCY REIGN OF LOUIS XV. SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE COMFORT AND ELE- 

 GANCE DECORATION: " REGENCE, 1 ' ROCOCO, " ROCAILLE," " CHINOI- 

 SERIES" DECOTTE, WATTEAU CURVILINEAR AND ASYMMETRICAL TEN- 

 DENCIES: OPPENORDT, MEISSONN1ER ACADEMIC TRADITION : BOFFRAND, 

 J. J. GABRIEL ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION J. F. BLONDEL DOMESTIC 

 AND PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE PARISIAN HOTELS CHATEAUX FRENCH 

 INFLUENCE ABROAD TOWN PLANNING : NANCY, PARIS CHURCHES - 356 



CHAPTER VII. STYLE OF LOUIS XVI. (1730-90). 



PURISTIC REACTION BEGINNINGS OF ARCHAEO- 

 LOGICAL TENDENCY. 



END OF LOUIS XV. 's REIGN AND REIGN OF LOUIS XVI. CAUSES OF FRENCH 

 REVOLUTION ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES INFLUENCE OF ROUSSEAU 



ANGLOMANIA SERVANDONY, J. A. GABRIEL, SOUFFLOT STRAIGHT 

 LINES AND SYMMETRY RESTORED CLASSICAL PURISM PALATIAL AND 

 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE: COMPIEGNE, PETIT TRIANON THE ENGLISH 

 GARDEN HOTELS DECORATION TOWN PLANNING PUBLIC BUILDINGS, 

 THEATRES ANTOINE, LOUIS CHURCHES : PANTHEON - 407 



CHAPTER VIII. STYLE OF THE EMPIRE 



(1790-1830). 



ARCHAEOLOGICAL CLASSICISM. 



THE REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON BREAK UP OF INSTITUTIONS AND TRA- 

 DITIONS INCREASED INTEREST IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY PERCIER AND 

 FONTAINE PUBLIC WORKS AND MONUMENTS: ARCHES, COLUMNS: 

 MADELEINE, BOURSE TOWN PLANNING TOMBS CHURCHES CHARAC- 

 TER OF RESTORATION PERIOD REVIVALS DECLINE OF CLASSICISM - 466 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 495 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 501 



INDEX TO TEXT - 508 



