practice of giving free quarters in the waterside galleries of the Louvre 

 to artists of various kinds, who, while not working exclusively for the 

 crown, entered into direct relations with the sovereign and enjoyed 

 special privileges. Measures were also taken to attract artists from 

 other countries, both foreigners and Frenchmen who had studied 

 abroad, to promote architectural education, and to obtain good "models 

 for artists at home. 



inexpensive, 



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STYLE OF HENRY IV. 

 AND LOUIS XIII. 



ORIGINS : UTILITARIAN AND AUSTERE CHARACTER. When Henry 

 IV. ascended the throne, architecture like the State was a welter of 

 conflicting tendencies pulling in different directions and without central 

 guidance. The ensuing period was marked by a process of fusion and 

 compromise between them analogous to that which Henry's policy 

 effected in the political and religious spheres. 



The necessity for economy, moderation, and discipline was the 

 guiding principle which reduced the various influences to some degree 

 of harmony. Material prosperity had to be re-established : practical, 

 durable building was encouraged, brick construction 

 popularised perhaps by the rela- 

 tions entertained with Holland 

 and the rustication which was its 

 accompaniment prevailed. Friv- 

 olity and lawlessness, luxury and 

 display were repressed : a serious, 

 sober style arose appropriate to a 

 trend of opinion inspired partly 

 by economic, partly by moral con- 

 siderations. The austere cast of 

 the age was in a measure of Puritan 

 origin, for not only did Huguenot 

 influence reach high-water mark 

 under Henry IV, but the leading 

 architects of the day were in many 

 cases Protestants, and as the result 

 of the counter-Reformation there 

 was also a Catholic Puritanism, 

 affecting both morals and art. 



SCALE OF ^ ..*.... 20""""""" The desire for practical unadorned 



S 2 C u. e PARis: ELEVATION OF HOUSES buildin g was enforced by another 

 IN PLACE DAUPHINE, BY C. CHAS- current of thought, which crops up 

 TILLON (1600). again and again as a factor in 



