THE STYLE OF HENRY II. 



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lively small openings to obviate an excess of light. Consequently the 

 fitting of an order to each storey was a simple task and an appro- 

 priate treatment, in which there was scope for a dignified height to 

 the order, while the windows took a subordinate place in the intervals. 

 In France lofty rooms are difficult to heat, and light is welcomed; 

 hence the height of the orders was lessened, and the windows, compet- 

 ing with them in importance, were not easily fitted under an arch or 

 entablature. 



Various arrangements were invented to meet the case. Window 

 heads were kept close under an entablature, as in 'the upper storeys of 

 the chateau of Madrid (Fig. 59); ranged with its architrave, as in the 

 eastern half of the 

 Grande Galerie of 

 the Louvre, or car 

 ried up to the cor- 

 nice, as in the western 

 half (Fig. 222); or 

 again windows broke 

 right through the 

 entablature, as at 

 Chantilly (Fig. 142). 

 In other cases greater 

 height was obtained 

 by placing the orders 

 on a pedestal, as at 

 Ancy-le-Franc (Fig. 

 123). The use of a 

 giant order only 

 solved the difficulty 

 as regards the lower 

 storeys spanned by 

 it. Similar difficulties 

 arising from the use 

 of blind arches were 

 met by similar de- 

 vices, as at the Hotel 

 d'Assezat, Toulouse 

 (Fig. 152), or ^by 

 the use of elliptical 

 arches, as in the 

 house by Philibert 

 de 1'Orme at Lyons. 

 The giant order was 

 ntroduced, not 



COUTRAS : WELL-HOUSE. 

 Measured and Drawn by the Author. 



