RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



fluttering robes for 

 quieter poses, and the 

 draperies of correct 

 classical costume hang- 

 ing in dignified folds. 

 Low relief panels of 

 classical subjects or of 

 floral ornaments in 

 rectangular frames are 

 frequently introduced 

 (Fig. 427); in the place 

 of vases with writhing 

 convolutions from 

 which issue wind-swept 

 sprays or flames, there 

 appear urns of simple 

 classical outline bear- 

 ing massive wreaths 

 (Fig. 395), whilelooped 

 up drapery sometimes 

 takes the place of 

 swags (Fig. 423). 



On the outside of 

 buildings, and in 

 monumental interiors 

 such as those of 

 churches, and State 

 halls or staircases, 

 whose decorations 

 were executed mostly 

 in stone, the natural- 

 esque trailing sprays 

 mixed with rocaille of 

 Louis XV. work give 

 place to massive wreaths of imbricated foliage of the types specially 

 sanctioned by classical tradition, such as oak, bay, and olive. These 

 wreaths, of nearly equal thickness throughout, and with pendent ends, 

 are looped up under window-sills, or repose on pediments (Fig. 430). 

 A characteristic feature is an elliptical panel or window with a wreath of 

 this kind suspended from its summit and hanging heavily down each 

 side (Fig. 421). 



The design of ironwork follows the same rules as decoration in 

 general. Its lines are more geometrical and structural, and it affects 

 the same types of ornaments the frets, guilloches, paterae and so forth. 



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DESIGN FOR TOWN HOUSE BY 

 J. F. DE NEUFFORGE. 



