CONTENTS 



VOLUME I. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



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FRANCE IN THE XVTH CENTURY NATIONAL DISORGANISATION AND REVIVAL 

 FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURAL NEEDS OF FRANCE CHANNELS OF 

 ITALIAN INFLUENCE ON FRENCH ART THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY : 

 LOMBARD, ROMAN, SCHOLASTIC, AND BAROCCO PHASES FUSION OF 

 ITALIAN AND NATIVE ELEMENTS IN FRENCH ARCHITECTURE RESULT- 

 ING STYLES ---..---- XV 



CHAPTER L STYLE OF LOUIS XII. (1495-1515). 



BEGINNINGS OF ITALIAN INFLUENCE ATTEMPTED FUSION 

 BETWEEN LOMBARD RENAISSANCE AND FLAMBOYANT 

 GOTHIC. 



REIGNS OF CHARLES VIII. AND LOUIS XII. EFFECTS OF ITALIAN CAM- 

 PAIGNSITALIAN DESIGNERS AND CRAFTSMEN INTRODUCED COLONY 

 OF AMBOISE : FRA GIOCONDO FRENCH BUILDERS CHARACTER OF 

 HYBRID STYLE CHATEAUX, HOTELS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS : GAILLON, 

 BLOIS, ETC. CHURCHES AND TOMBS ... - I 



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CHAPTER II. STYLE OF FRANCIS I. (1515-45). 



FUSION BETWEEN NATIVE STYLE AND LOMBARD 

 RENAISSANCE COMPLETED. 



REIGN OF FRANCIS I. BUILDING ACTIVITY INFLUENCE OF COURT CHAR- 

 ACTER OF EARLY RENAISSANCE STYLE IN FRANCE LOIRE CHATEAUX : 

 BLOIS, CHAMBORD, ETC. ITALIAN DESIGNERS AND CRAFTSMEN : BOCCA- 

 DORO FRENCH BUILDERS OTHER CHATEAUX: MADRID, FONTAINE- 

 BLEAU, ST GERMAIN HOUSES PUBLIC BUILDINGS CHURCHES AND 

 TOMBS: ST EUSTACHE, ETC., AMBOISE TOMB - 44 



