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of two kinds. On the one hand 

 the Flemish barocco reached its 

 climax, on the other a classical 

 reaction began to show itself in 

 efforts towards concentration and 

 refinement, constituting the begin- 

 nings of the style of Louis XIV. 



PLANS IN HENRY IV. PHASE. 

 In the period of Henry IV. plan- 

 ning underwent no appreciable 

 change. During the long anarchy, 

 society had grown less, not more, 

 refined, and the arrangements of 

 the sixteenth century sufficed for its 

 needs. The fortified aspect of the 

 castle, however, tended more and 



SCALE, or 



213. DESIGN FOR TOWN HOUSE BY 

 PIERRE LE MUET : SECTION A A. 



214. DESIGN FOR TOWN HOUSE BY 

 PIERRE LF. MUET : PLAN. 



more to disappear, though the 

 system of projecting pavilions in 

 the main block and of an indepen- 

 dent gate pavilion continued in use, 

 while the moat, if retained for decor- 

 ative purposes, was often dry, and 

 treated as a sunk garden, and the 

 court is sometimes represented by a 

 mere walled or balustraded en- 

 closure. Both in town and country 

 mansions the division into a number 

 of small suites of rooms was main- 

 tained, and the state staircase, being 

 placed in the centre of the main 

 block, prevented the possibility of 

 an uninterrupted suite of reception 

 rooms. 



PLANS IN Louis XIII. PHASE. 

 One of the results of more settled 

 government was a new growth of 

 refinement in the habits of society, 

 one manifestation of which was a 

 desire for greater privacy and com- 

 fort, and to this were due several 

 changes in. house planning, which 



