THE STYLES OF HENRY IV. AND LOUIS XIII. 



26l 



255. PARIS : ST GERVAIS. FACADE 256. PARIS : Sx PAUL AND ST Louis, 

 BY S. DE BROSSE (1616-21). BY F. DERAND (1625-41). FACADE. 



austere and massive type, yet it has something of a Gothic quality, 

 not merely in a traceried window, which is a concession perhaps to 

 ecclesiastical conservatism, but by its strong vertical emphasis. By 

 recessing the central portion of the nave front, but not of the 

 segmental pediment, the suggestion of a great niche is given. The 

 admiration excited by the facade of St Gervais greatly contributed to 

 the establishment in France of the type it represents. It differs, how- 

 ever, from the generality in possessing three orders instead of two, a 

 peculiarity shared with the church of the Jesuit College (Rue St 

 Antoine), now St Paul and St Louis, carried out by Derand (1625-41) 

 after the rejection of a design by Martellange (Figs. 254, 256, and 259). 

 The fagade closely resembles that of St Gervais, but the horizontal 



