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Title: Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing ..
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Architecture Architectural drawing
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Printed by F. J. Drake & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Fig. 195. THE FLORE PAVILION AND PART OF THE GALLERYOF THE LOUVRE, BEFORE THE MODERN RECONSTRUCTIONOF THE FACADE. vailed hitherto, namely, of giving its peculiar columnarorder to each story, and assimilated his designs to thoseof the late Roman Renaissance, in which a striking effectwas produced at the expense of truth by continuouscolumns and pilasters extending over several stories androws of windows. 304 EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE Although Du Cerceau was obliged to leave France inthe year 1604, the impulse which he had given in thedirection of the afore mentioned manner led to its beinggenerally adopted. The new buildings were more cor-
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Pig. 196. PART OF A FACADE IN THE PLACE ROYALE AT PARIS. rect, but less picturesque than those built during theearlier period of the French Eenaissance, and a cer-tain insipidity seems to characterize the various struc-tures erected during the reigns of Henry IV., and es-pecially Louis XIII. As is shown by Fig. 196, a com- EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE 305 bination of free-stone and brick was resorted to in sucha way that the former was employed for the mould-ings, and for the quoins and dressings of the doors andwindows, whilst brick was used for the spaces between.In the case of the windows the free-stone introduced as-sumed the form of quoins. If ornamentation had beenpreviously excessive, it now retired into the background,and was only employed in moderation; and the methodof its treatment began to be distinguished from that ofthe former period. The forms of tht details above allbegan to lose in purity: rustications were inappro-priately introduced in the walls and columns, and the

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