96 



RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



97. DIJON : ST MICHEL. WEST PORTAL. 



of the Certosa of Pavia, with an atrium like that of St Ambrose at 



Milan. 



S T MICHEL, 

 DIJON. St Michel 

 at Dijon is another 

 example of a twin- 

 towered front in 

 which the lower part 

 (Fig. 97) is a splendid 

 rendering in Francis 

 I. forms, mixed with a 

 few Gothic elements, 

 of the triple portal 

 motive of Roman- 

 esque and Gothic 

 times, such as those 

 of St Gilles or 

 Chartres. The 

 towers above the 

 strong horizontal 

 member, by which 

 the three arches are 

 surmounted, are of 



98. L'ISLE ADAM : PARISH CHURCH. 

 WEST DOORWAY. 



