RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



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230. LUXEMBOURG PALACE, PARIS, BY S. DE BROSSE (1615-24): 

 SECTION A B. FROM BLONDEL. 



almost identical. Single pavilions of three bays are used instead of 

 double ones with two, but since the back wing has a pavilion at each of its 

 angles there were six in all instead of eight, all with three storeys, while 

 the side blocks have two and the back wing two and an attic. On the 

 garden front a loggia ran between the pavilions, interrupted in the centre 

 by a domed chapel immediately behind the great staircase. A sober 

 and massive breadth of treatment is the main characteristic of this 



design, which is totally devoid 

 of effort or elaboration, and 

 almost of ornament. The only 

 , a ...... . playful features are the graceful 



* "^1 T"""T" *** "*" "* T**** ' f cupolas over the entrance (Fig. 



4 -JJM-'L IiiL. 20 9) anc ^ chapel. The roofs 



*"*"*" ^ - " ""l" ! being of the Mansard type, and 



the dormers small and masked 

 by a stout balustrade, the effect 

 of the upper part of the build- 

 ing is far simpler than at 

 Coulommier ; as for the walls, 

 they are uniformly rusticated in- 

 cluding their coupled pilasters, 

 a treatment which has often 

 been condemned for its mono- 

 tony, but which imparts an air 

 of sturdy strength, not inappro- 

 priate to a royal residence built 

 in turbulent times outside the 

 PLAN. protection of city walls. Maria 



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