THE STYLE OF HENRY II. 



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pedimented panels, 

 both of great rich- 

 ness. Thus the fan- 

 tastic and restless 

 elaboration of the 

 centre was counter- 

 acted by the stable 

 formality of its sur- 

 roundings as well as 

 the beauty of its 

 detail.* 



CHENONCEAUX. 

 It seems probable 

 that de 1'Orme was 

 also employed by 

 Catharine to scheme 

 extensions to her 

 chateau of Chenon- 

 ceaux (Fig. 161), 

 which illustrate by 

 their vastness the 

 ample conceptions 

 of the age, and in 

 which, if carried out, 

 the original castle 

 would have been an 

 insignificant detail. 

 The main block was 

 to be flanked by two 

 rectangular blocks 

 rising like it out of the water, while in front and on dry land a splendid 

 court of honour was planned with a hemicycle at each side leading 

 to further halls of state, and approached through a great forecourt 

 with converging sides. Only a fragment of schemes for the Tuileries 

 and Chenonceaux was carried out before de 1'Orme's death in 1570, 

 soon after which both were abandoned. 



THE LOUVRE GALLERIES. Meanwhile an attempt was being made 

 to connect the Queen's new residence with the old Louvre by means 



* See note on p. 141. According to M. Batiffol's theory, a country house on the 

 site of the garden front of the Tuileries, and strikingly similar to the portions actually 

 executed, formed part of Lescot's scheme for the Louvre extension prepared in 1549. 

 De 1'Orme, on this view, merely elaborated the design of the Tuileries already laid 

 down in principle, and suggested an enlargement of it at a time when the junction of 

 the two palaces had been temporarily abandoned. 



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THE TUILERIES : PART OF DE L'ORME'S LOGGIA 

 (REBUILT IN THE GARDENS). 



