A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design (1905)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 315
THE EXTERIOR OF A GREAT HOUSE Laffitte. Figure 204 is the garden front, cut off from the grounds by a continuous open area with parapet and pedestals, and this spanned by a monumental perron of some twenty steps. Figure 205 is the principal front of entrance with the … (From " Normandie Monumentale et Pittoresque ") cour d'honneur, shallow in proportion to the size of the building, and yet imposing enough. Figure 206 is a block-plan of the chateau. Now it is evident that the elder Mansart, the artist who built this palace in 1642, had his way with the design. It…
Art · Decorative arts
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