THE STYLE OF LOUIS XII. 



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Louvre) by the most celebrated French sculptor of the day, Michel 



Colombe (born c. 1430, died 1512), who, after working in the naturalistic 



style of the Burgundian school, came under Italian influence in his later 



years. His studio at Tours was prolific in tombs and other works 



executed in marble, stone, and terra-cotta, and decorated with colour 



and gilding. The richly inlaid stalls (now at St Denis) (Fig. 30) were 



by Richard of Carpi, and the panelling of some of the rooms by Pierre 



Valence. The walls of 



the courts were adorned 



with medallions by Maz- 



zoni and reliefs by Antonio 



di Giusto (born 1479, died 



1519). The latter was 



one of the three sons 



of Giusto Betti of San 



Martino a Mensola, near 



Florence, who settled in 



France about this time, 



Giovanni and Andrea 



openingan atelier 'at Tours, 



and the latter supplying 



marble from his quarry 



at Carrara. Their works 



being generally recorded 



under the name "Juste," 



it was long believed that 



they were Frenchmen. 



It seems that in the 

 bulk of the castle, Gothic 

 design predominated, with 

 the introduction here and 

 there of decorative details 

 of a Renaissance char- 

 acter. This was the case 

 in the main structural 

 portions of the chapel 



and in the other buildings forming the outer sides of the court of 

 honour. Part of the north-west cloister of this court now stands on 

 one side of the inner court of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and portions 

 taken from the " Grant' Maison," which occupied the north-east side of 

 the same court and contained the state apartments, now constitute the 

 two sides of the composite fragment in the outer court of the Ecole des 

 Beaux Arts (Fig. 16). Gothic is practically absent from the lantern of 



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CHATEAUDUN : STAIR TOWER. 



From a Drawing by G. G. Wornum. 



