THE STYLE OF LOUIS XII. 



Gothic section with interpenetra- 

 tions and Gothic bases. 



Other contemporary town resi- 

 dences are the Logis Barrault at 

 Angers (1504), the Hotel Gouin 

 at Tours, the house now serving 

 as Hotel de Ville at Amboise, the 

 Hotel Cujas (1515), and parts of 

 the Hotel Lallemand at Bourges, 

 the "Maison d'Adam et Eve" at 

 Montferrand, and the " Maison 

 des Tetes " at Valence. 



PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The re- 

 organisation of justice and finance 

 gave rise to a number of buildings 

 for these branches of administra- 

 tion, while the material prosperity 

 permitted of much municipal 

 enterprise. The fortifications of 

 many cities were repaired and 

 extended : bridges, as the Pont 

 Notre Dame in Paris, markets, as 

 at Rethel, public fountains, as at 

 Blois and Tours, as well as city and 

 guild halls were built or rebuilt. 



Owing to the power of local 

 lords and later of the kings, cities 

 never acquired the same import- 

 ance in France as in neighbouring 

 lands, and municipal edifices were seldom of great size. The town council 

 had for its seat a town house of more or less splendour, as at Compiegne 

 or Beaugency, containing, mutatis mutandis, the usual accommodation of 

 a lord's residence, with the frequent addition of a belfry, as at Riom, and 

 of an oriel or balcony for watching the street or addressing the citizens. 

 The "Hotel" or "Maison de Ville" was often combined with some 

 other municipal institution, and placed in a gateway or tower of the town 

 walls, as at Loches, or over a covered market, as at Vendome. 



HOTELS DE VILLE. The old Hotel de Ville at Orleans was built 

 early in the reign of Louis XII. and exhibits a very complete fusion of 

 Gothic and Renaissance elements. The general scheme is simply and 

 boldly set out and the detail refined and appropriate. If a reconcilia- 

 tion between the two styles be possible, it could hardly be more 

 successfully managed than in this charming design. The architect is 

 said to have been Charles Viart (see p. 80). 



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ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE, SENS : 

 WINDOWS. 



