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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



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NAPOLEON I.'s STUDY AT LA MALMAISON : DECORATED BY PERCIER 

 AND FONTAINE. 



CHARACTERISTICS. Colonnaded porticoes and bare walls undivided 

 by strings, so far as possible unpierced, and decorated, if at all, only by 

 niches for antique sculpture, were deemed essential to the dignity of any 

 building of a public or palatial character. In smaller houses the use 

 of the orders is very sparing, and the whole architectural treatment 

 consists in the introduction of a few strings, and in varying the sizes 

 of the openings in the different storeys. 



Walling is sometimes faced with brick, pebbles, or artificially 



