THE STYLE OF LOUIS XIV. 299 



site, and, but for one brief journey to England and another to Rome, he 

 does not appear to have travelled abroad. His methods were, however, 

 continued by pupils and imitators, among whom were his two nephews 

 Claude des Gots and Michel Le Bouteux, who worked, the former 

 for William III. of England, the latter for John V. of Portugal, and 

 Alexandre Le Blond who was employed by Peter the Great. 



PALATIAL AND PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE. 



COLLEGE MAZARIN. The great age of palaces and pompous public 

 works was fitly heralded in by the last of Mazarin's buildings (Fig. 284). 

 The so-called " College Mazarin " or " des Quatre Nations " (now the 

 seat of the French Academy, and known as " Palais de 1'Institut ") 

 was built ( 1 660-8) as a college for gentlemen's sons from the recently 

 acquired territories on four frontiers, from designs by Le Vau, carried 

 out principally by his pupil d'Orbay (1624-97). The pavilion system, 

 the steep roofs, and the clear definition of each component part in 

 the design speak of the past, while the stateliness of the lay-out, 

 planned in some sort as a pendent to the Louvre across the Seine, 

 and in the axis of its new river entrance, together with the pomp of the 

 giant order, proclaim the ''Grand Reigne." A domed church (Fig. 331) 

 is set back in the midst of a crescent of galleries terminating in rect- 

 angular pavilions. The giant order by emphasising the square central 

 and terminal masses increases their effectiveness by acting as a counter- 



284. "COLLEGE DES QUATRE NATIONS," OR " MAZARIN " (NOW 

 "INSTITUT"), PARIS, BY LE VAU (1660-68). 



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