98 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



100. LOCHES : TOWER OF ST 

 ANTOINE (1519-30). 



101. BRESSUIRE: TOWER OF PARISH 

 CHURCH (FINISHED 1538). 



tapering silhouettes, are reproduced in many Francis I. examples. 

 The main difference, apart from the detail, lies in the disappearance 

 of spires, and the substitution of cupola lanterns of the type inaugurated 

 on the towers of Tours Cathedral. Examples of this kind are offered 

 by the cathedral at Blois (N.W.), St Pierre, Coutances (W.), and 

 Argentan (S.W.). Two of the finest are those at Bressuire (1538) and 

 of St Antoine at Loches (1519-30). The former (Fig. 101), a noble 

 design, is thoroughly French in outline, with buttresses gradually reced- 

 ing as they rise. The latter (Fig. 100). equally beautiful in its way, 

 recalls an Italian campanile by its open lantern and vertical panelled 

 sides. 



Brittany, the land of spires, did not abandon the traditional type so 

 easily ; at Bulat, for instance, is a spire in Francis I. detail. The graceful 

 steeple of St Paterne, Bayeux (finished in modern times apparently in 

 accordance with the original design), approximates in outline to a spire. 



