ARCHITECTURE FRANÇOISE. O U COLLECTION PLANS, ETheEINNOVATIONS, CUTS AND PROFILES Of Eglifes, Maifons royal. Palace, Hosuch & Buildings the most confide'the country Parts, ainfi as Châfortified & Maifons of plaifance fitués around this \ ille , or in other places of France, bâtis by the most cetheèbre Architeâes, & mefures exaâempnt as the places. With the defiriptian of these Buildings, & the Dijfier. tâtions useful & intéreffantes as each ejpèthis Bâbuilding. ARCHITECTURE FRANÇOISE, Liv. V. allîfon Mr. Guillot. Elan Ground-ChauJJec £? of the first Floor. Plate I. The Figure firstre offers the plan of the ground-chaulfée ; and though he foit diftribué danj a terrain will uneven,& qu’it does not contain that’environpj canvas boardes of fuper- holds , it is not ugly not that contain a go large number of pièthese : fçhave a office to the exchange ( 'b ) , a cabinet , a cuifine , a stable for three horses > a great efcalier & two small children, a court , &c. ; as he eft true that’a good Archi- teing must always être confulte , puifque this may not être by fes lumières & fes notice that’a. Propertyétaire fçhave to take advantage of the terrain, foit for the diftribution , for the convenience ; foit for connoilfance of the conftruétion,which has the object lalolidité ; foit finally compared the agrwith, which has for its object the’order the décoration, both on the inside that’extmark ; connoiifances that fuppofent the main pes delto good Architeélure , & asking, in any occafion that this puifle être , the fagacite , du goût & l’expeexperience. For proof of that j’advance , it theùffit of confidérer the two Planks of this Maifon , & l’it will be seen that the diftributions are fufceptibles of all commodi- tés requifes in a Building of the’efpece s’is , & that the decoration outside- earlier , fans fe relfentir of the prodigality of ornemens that accompany ordinary- ment buildings confidérables , not lailfe not, however, wear the caraélere the ben gost & of the proportion ; caraélere that makes one of merites elfentiels of the fa- çades extpre-date, by the raifon that, in each efpece bâbuilding, fitness requires a richelfe or a fimplicité similar to fon ufage , which feule can attract him the luffrage of Connoillèurs. The name of each pièthis is expressed in this plan we difpenfera d’a long review: We obferverons grinding that the court eft a bit small for the height of the bâti— mens , which have three floors & a manfarde ; but it eft aifé of fentir that’in a ete oblige d’in ufer ainfi : because as we’have dicejà noticed , the field does not contain that’approximately 95 toifes of fuperficie, to find in auffi little d’efpace the ccir.rr.cdi- tes qu’we note in this mailbn , it was necessary to give to the court the lesser magnitude polhble,& multiply the floors, so that the different perfennes attached to Myî- very fe were by this means housedes commodwith & respect to their irons ice ; conl dératicn which should enter into the local d’a plan , & that in a maifen partic- lière eft prefmaple to all that the diftribution can pretheènter of the most ingenious. The Figure second offers the plan of the first floor compofé three appartemens myître , d’a falle company , d’a falle to eat , &c and all pièthese regu- lières , d’a beautiful proportion , & with dégagemens & two small efcaliers rising up from the bottom & that conduiiènt to entrefols. The great efcalier n’happens that’the first & the fecond floor ; this last eft dillribué après mêmy walls partition walls as those of which we have been speaking , & contains plufieurs flats mens of convenience which contribute to give to this mailon a housing alfez con- fiderable. Elévation d’one of the wings of the concealed of the court , Ù 1 cup main body of the building , giving as the street of mauvaifes words. Plate II. This Board, prife in the plane as the line AB , shows the height of the differens floors dent we talked about. This story exists all around the’intoutside of the (A) Since Mr. Guillot eft Steward of Turcies make connoîbe the pièthese rélatives the ufage of’a Negb- & Levees , & qu’he left the négoce, the operators , nothing being indiffèrent lorfqu’it s’is the aif- Piece markedea (C , a very nice falle to dining : we tribution of the Bâtimens in gsneral, have laillé in this old difpoiition to Maifoto Mr. Guiilot. ARCHITECTURE FRANÇOISE, Liv.V. 3 court , theexcept for the part of the remife , the deflùs which are a entrefel & a piece of plain foot in the first eriver tagus. The cup , faifant see the smallest diamètre of the court , shows in msame time too much etheévation of the bâbuilding ; but the raifons that we have reported more top prove the borncellite in which s’ell found d’in ufer ainfi. The ground-chauflee of this court eft diecore d’arcades bombesa , as feints that rethey & chargyears of partition walls. The deflus of this ground-chaulfée, are-of croifées with headbands , which defeendent jufques the floor of the first etagus , to this près d’a bench of stone, 14 inches in height, which reçilo half a balcony iron , cfue l’Architedle has prefere here to support all of myçonnerie , pareeque this half balcony provides more lumière in the’intoutside of appartemens , & that by this means the croifées have acquired a proportion more suitable ; attention n’eft never in- différente in the’order outdoor d’a bâbuilding. The croifées of the second floor are in the même kind. These floors are febyes by baseboards , & all the bâbuilding lfs is crowned by a cornice profiles fe relîèntent delto capacite & theexpexperience of the Architeéle who has given the def- fèins. The decoration intmark , though’we genéral alfez fimple , eft processed with beau- kick of taste. The ornemens make menages about,& difpoles maniere that’there are intervals that argue the parties, which must naturally dominate.We ob- ferverons même that although the taste of the ornemens has changed confidérablement since the maifon we're talking about a Ite bâtie , it n’in lfs no less true that the Connoilfeurs applaudilfent to the restraint Mr. Cartaud has ufé in the decorations this maifon : moderation infinitely prefmaple to this multiplicity d’ornemens we ufage today’today , though’they foient alfez ingenious for the plûshare. We do not give here the façade of ctaxe street , to caufe of fa great fimpli- cite. It will be noticed grinding the’heureufe proportion who regne in fon order nance , l’excellence of fes profiles & the beauty of fon device , wear the caraétere the true fçhave ; caraétere that the’we note non-grinding in all major entreprifes who have ete confiesa to Mr. Cartaud , but that fe found in all maifons particularères elevesa fous fes orders, in the number defquelles we regar- donations as a masterpiece , that of Mr. Hurel, Confeiller the Châtelet, fituea street Saint Martin, whose façade of ctaxe street eft geneusually eftimea. We n’have not lessrr this maifon in this Collection in the fear of’ellûyer the reproach us êbe too arrbe to Bâtimens of little confequence. We recommended donations, however, the’imitation to those who want to fe diftinguer in the profeffion of’Archi- teing ; the more skilled being forced to’admit that’it’eft nothing of fi difficult to produce the’excellent in a maifon little d’importance , & c’eft common- ment in these occafions that’it should be a true merit to appeal to perfonnes intelligen- your in the’art of bâtir. HOUSE OF Mr. DOUTRËMONT. The maifon we are talking about can auffi êbe confiderea as the particularère , & although she has ete bâtie a long time before the one of which we just give the deferip- tion, & by a Architeéle much less well-known (c) , the lfs is certain, however, that (r) Jean Richer , Arcliitefte , paroît have ete High the Calf, who died in 1670, fa handledre décorer being to little près the same as that’we note in a few or- vrages of this cetheebre Architesummer ; see the maifon of Mr. Henfelin , that we have given on page 131 of the fecond Volume. We can still fe to convince of this relfem- blance in the Œworks of Marot , où Your will see another maifon , fituea street Bourglabbé, belonging to Mr. Pafquier; the defleindcJ. Richer, & that we n’have pasinferée in this Collection , pareeque Boards different affez confidé- considerably of the’exécution ; but in genéral fes diflributions & fes décorations deserve whatever eftime, ainfi that’a maifon particularère in the mêI like the one that we give it here, & that will do the’object of Chap. V. of this Volume. Maifon Mr. Doutrc- mount, ARCHITECTURE F R A N Ç O I S E , L i v. v. relatively at the endeceflite to put the crazy eyes of the Leéteur bâtimens any efpece, the n’eft not all-to-is of a kind that the’we must throw away; d’elsewhere the parallelèthe only’we can do with the precédent , will connoître fenfiblement the dif- ference between the handledre diftribuer the last fiecle , & progrès our Architeéles François have done, since in this part of the’Architeelure. The Board ttoifieme shows in a field alfez little fpacieux two dwellings belonging to two differens Owners, one that is marked C Mr. Doutremont, & that D to M elk . Rivet. These maifons are alfujetties to a façade of bâbuilding uniform , that s’eft pû do d’much easier to what are lltuées the corner of the two streets that make the entries more especiallyères & more convenient. All the ground-cbaulfée eft occuped by a common courtyard & two body part of the building. The largest has a stable for four horses, two remifes, a large efcalier, a cuifine , a falle to dining , a pantry , &c. The small lfs com- pofe grinding d’a porch , d’a elcalier , d’a cuifine , d’a falle to eat & d’an office. The Board quatrième repréfente in each maifon an apartment of Myî- tre. These appartemens are multiplied in the floors fuperieurs to the number of three & d’a Attica.with the floor heated (ri) ; but, as we have just re- mark, they are fans of convenience: the advantage that our diftribution aéluelle has as one the fiecle precetooth. has The Board fifth supply of the décoration of the main façade of ctaxe street, that differentre as much of our handledre décorer today’today , that the diftribution old- no differs of the modern. However, fi l’it excludes the coronation of the Atti- ques , the’Order despilaftres , which is a too small avant-corps in the middle of this etheeconservation, & l’air pefanteur that regne in this order, for delto fimetrie , d’a certain caraélere manly , & the proportion of a few parties more heureufement conçsiu as those we have just mentioned , this compofition mérite any confidération. The Board fixieme préfente cup prife in the plans precedens furlaligne AB , & the ddevelopment of the’efcalier of the main body of the house marked C. We see auiîi in this board cutting remifes , a housing practiced at delfus , & the etheévation of thewing of this bâbuilding in back as the court, & the’order eft the mêto me, that the flags of the façade of ctaxs of the street , who we just mentioned. (d) We will notice that in these Boards there are who have not appeared affez important to fâirg some slight defect in the diftributions , but mention here. CHAPTER / Plan of the first ctaqc JLiv. 7^. "N ? I . Board Prenuere ScJie-Eu Has Published che-x^. AOÆBERT , roe Dauphine . (Tnclave of the denied one nearby Plan for the re^ floor of a house belonging to a /TL. Gudlat dealer, j-cize street<'s Bad and lyrics a. Published bâtie because lcd designs of rtf. As tau It çirc/uteete of the -^.oy i. Pump jm turned the water dam Kitchen and dam lauje zJRiuéÿeaa the pave for lecoule z tion of the waters ZO£ JPlasi cLictre^ Jlfawon situesa dcuants the Consul# f ci J? years f h as lie, -by I. PsicÀvtr . wm^lBKSÈÊI^SSÊnMmÊmÊBSmtSÊÊBSlÊmmÊSBsSÊIItBSBBÊÊk Frvce iu in cU. Court auec Profile, laisle. ddareMcascm scituee clcuant the Consuls ARCHITECTURE FRANÇOISE, Liv. V. î chapter II Defcription of the frontifpice of the Office of the Merchant Drapers of Paris , street Dechargeurs. Lïngularite l’order this frontifpice , prife in gsnéral, the constraint in which s’eft throws theArchiteing by the’coupling Columns Dori- ques , & the beauty of fa fculpture, we have dicetermine to make a few obfervations as the parties who compofent this building ; but before d’there palfer , we are warned- hope that the Board that here we give diffère in any ehofe of the’exeexecution. Firstèsurely there is no canelure in the order of the columns 8c pi misers : the ta- wheat marked A lfs fupprimée , we put to fa place two triglifes & a summarytope a larger interval than the others , which lfs with two horns d’abundance. This table Paillante fans doubt had ete made in the project for tnafquer l’irregula- laughss of this houstope , & in the sameme time to receive a ihfcription ; but as she s elt found too small for the latter ufage , it was prefere d’in place of black marble in the dez of the piedeftal marked B. This infcription eft concûe in ces terms. 5 HOME AND OFFICE DES MERCHANTS THE DRAPERS OF THE CITY OF PARIS. Secondly it is n’there has têyour Lion in the cimaife of the’Doric Order the confoles C are much less pédantes , & to the place of the tête Mercury hard the middle door ( the attribute déligne trade ) , eft aulîi condole. The dez of piedeftaux 1 Ionic Order are liiîes , & the return of the crolîèall Of which the dup- primsignal pilaftrcs Penthouses including point ravallés, & their capitals of that com- poles of the leaves of’water with a carries quadrangular ; the croidées 'of the same Attica dedcendent judques as the’Ionic entablature, the guilloché of delTus these cioilees less adorned , & the caffèall of délions the cornice horidontale of the fron- your lont iupprimees. The’éculfon of the Arms of the King of the eft with the branches of laurel & of chêonly , instead of guilandes : finally the vades of defllis the pilaftres Atti- ques do s’there see the point, auffi-although the height that it is not point apperçû to bottom , elt execute fans no decoration or f'eemesorts. These légères differences , which do not change the maflè , which, however, far d omillions which have been made during the’exécution ; this gives reason to believe that this Board has been a serious e as the projects of Liber al Sparrow , (a) who gave the deflèms this eaifice , & that of loaded fa driving to the middle of the last fiecle We found the fingularite in the’order of the façade of which we per- lons ; lans doubt we must look as such too great an opening of the croidées the first floor compared with the diamèbe pilaftres , the mtoffifaffeifte in the middle of the same floor to contain grinding the arms of the City , the fuppreflion of two columns , the place defquelles it was prefere of the caryatids , a pediment circular bnie, practice aind, to place a figure alf.de a proportion gigantefque, da bad choices & d execution poor , finally the triangular pediment , non-fire- chiïteïfede ’ der"i P efSuol'H Pf™ Ar i ides & Soldais of this mven Hosuch ; ainfi that B Burea* Dtto- piers. also placed as an Attic , but the reitcooperation too next to the def- the ou , eft against any principle of convenience. With regard to the constraint that the’Architeethe ufe in the decoration of this frontif- look , we will notice the’coupling of the’Doric order , & we will say that theexample of this building shows us one of the ways in which our modern Architects, fe are fervi to make it poffible the’coupling of this Order , & although Bunting has ete d the foui who has put this means into practice, it is n’in lfs no less than some self- laughse. To achieve this, it has decreased the pilaftres such as columns, deforte that’itthere the bafos that fe pénétrent ; otherwise the capitals auroient had the mven de- need , ainfi that’we see the portal of the Minimal , by François Memfard , as we thehave noticed in the Volume precédent. We faitvoir auffi in the same Volume , speaking of the Luxembourg & the portal of S. Gervais , by DesbroJJes , that in order to avoid the’a & l’the other license we are talking about here , one lfs fallen in another excès , fçhave , make the dillnbution of the metopes diffemblable 5 & that the porti- that deVincennes, bâit by The Calf, to avoid all these inconvéniens ,this Architect had prefere to give 17 modules instead of ïô at the height of fa column, which fact fortir this Order of fon charactersère. He eft true that the decrease of the pilaftres , so we are talking about , no’elt not a fyftêI alfez univerfellement reçu in the’Architecture to put it into practice fans some confidératlon particularère ; but in general we can say that lorfque these pilaftres are not angular like those of the por- tail of the’Eglife of the College Mazarin , this decrease in eft alfez tolerable , though’el- the foit coni'iderea by the most cetheebrés Architects such as a license more or less abufive , felon that thebuilding femble require more or less restraint. When we spoke of the beauty of the feulpture of this frontilpice , we have heard cheer to the perfection of the caryatids, of which one fçwould alfez rent the’excel- violence & the beauty of the work , aulli-although one of the children & Dolphins that are in the middle & at the foot of these figures ; because we must fe recall that we have bl'âme moreover, the’ufage of the caryatids in gsnéral, including the fervitude here eft auffi to the contrary the vraifemblance , that the’allthat is generates eft own bit to the kind of building we are talking about. These different obfervations we conduifent to the conclusion that’it does fuffit not that the’gold- donnance da building foit finguliere to please , as the constraints with which a Architect s’aftujettit are not viewed from the best eye , when these fujettions that n’have to object that some parts of the detail , produifent a all out of proportion , & that’finally the feulpture the better execution ofcutee , lorfqu’it pèche against the convenience , & what is n’ad not fimboles related theeblock, n’has the right to appeal that fepa- rement. Despite these obfervations, which we paroiifent based, the building of which we have just do la defcription eft néanmoins one of these ancient monuments which s’efl: attire the fuf- frage of the multitude , fans other merite réel that some beautys dwas that makes fans doubt forget the trunks & reports share & fitness , fans lefquels however it n’eft point of good Architecture. C eft which we dieends tt continue to meet ferupuleufement in this Book all the licenses which fe meet in the bâtimens we'll talk about , the fans for this borngliger of praise of the beauties of which très-fouvent these mêmy licenses are accompaniedes. Llv. v, TST ii — IMMXff r — — ir- -**/-*—*.- ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER Defcription of the Bâbuilding of the Fountain of the Innocent , fit or at the corner of Streets, S. Denis & Irons. 'A building that we describe was bâit ijjo in the etat où we see auiour- - — ^/, hul ,; ™ als . the conftruélion primitive of this Fountain eft fort ancient , puif - tf"* that felon the fentiment of plufieurs Authors, it in lfs mentioned in the Letters Pa- tents of Ph, lippe le Hardi , data the year 1273 , to concerning an agreement made between the Ro & Chapter of S Medénc It was Peter Lefeot (a) , Abbot of Clagny , which gift- na the deffeins 1 Architeélure of this monument, & Jean Goujon (b) was loaded of the fculpture, the book looked at Connoilfeurs as one of the masterpieces of this Art. Elévation d’one of the faces of the Fonthine of hnocens, the ctaxe street to Irons. Plank First. This fountain , fituee thecorner of two streets , eft compofée of two façades back of bracket 1 a containing two arcades & l’other a grinding : these ^arca- con j l P. n ^ s f^n s the height of’an Order of Pilaftres Compofites , usatheeve as a Pie- deltal & it as a foubafTement. In deiTus of this Order elev» an Attic crowned by pediments , ainfi that’we note in this Board. We do not give not here 1 other façade in return , being compofée d’a Architeélure femblable & enric- mêmy ornemens & figures , which do not differ from those of the façade of which we per- Ions in the attitudes. r This Board, formerly engraved, l’eft with afTez of loyalty, primarily for this looks at the bas-reliefs , which fans contradicts are one of the main merits of this bâbuilding ; because we can say that the’Architeefure , executee d’moreover, with purity & pro- fii.ee d go for good taste 5 fishing against the convenience. We will notice to this oppor- ass that’in genéral, although this monument fe foit acquired jufqu'to prefent a large réputation , the two parties effentielles that must caraéterifer a bâbuilding aquati- what do omifes in it ; fçhave, d’one hand, the’application ofan Order manly, & 1-other 1-abundance of water, which outwardly devroient fe spread with more of profufion , at least in certain occafions. In fact, in this building , ainfi that in prefque all those of this kind who are bâtis to Paris , l’water escapes only by small mafcarons, which well far be it from us to announce that’a River confiderable paife in the middle of this Capital city , femblent on the contrary, we perfuader that the ground that we live eft a place fec & ftérile. C’eft that’it is eft easy to notice in the monument, of which we speak , où thewe only see two taps diftribuent to just l’water to the inhabitants, & that are placed on the ctaxs of the rue S. Denis , those who fe see in this Board with ete fupprimés. In respect of the’Architeéfure , we can say that fa dicelicatelTe n’eft not relfort d a public Fountain : add to this fon little relief, fes refTauts too reite- res , the prodigalits of fes ornemens , notice même the fineffe & the grâthis fa fculpture which in any other occafion would be incompetent a kind of beauty , but does here can be eftimées that féparement , all of these richelfes n’with nothing to com- mun with 1 _°bjet elfentiel ; because we can say in generalnéral that this etheégance & this accuracy in the workforce , do not own that in some books that can be vûs près , où the talent of the’Artifte can être apperçû , & où all Ch WW r, February ° n Has This Arch ' etfe « . writing the seftheebré Sculptor in the fecond Vol. pag. , l . notte (.,) (b i Ties ,,, n VT: ',i - a ^' P[ e '? llcr i* S^gain Volume. pag. 14p. 1", Note ( a ) &c. fans fçyou have nothing pal- ( ) We diejà speaks of some of the works of this particular jufqu'at prefent, as the life of this man illuftre. 8 ARCHITECTURE FRANÇOISE, Li y, V. the building must être preferve insults of the’air. On the contrary, here i’Architeing has exhauflé =nr. this work searched for as a foubaflement , for the préferver fans doubt of the’approach of the vulgar ; but it n’not prevû non-grinding this foubaifement , d’elsewhere too lille , by fa great etheévation , fert against any idea of vraifemblance to move away from theqeil the Speculator's this wonder of the’art , which in this kind can, from rival that the fountain of the rue de Grenelle , which we talked about in the first Vol. pag. 216. Chap. VIII. The arcades, which fe remark here, are not grinding too large for the dia- mèbeing the’Order prefide to this monument , but femblent to the contrary theufage ofa bâbuilding hydraulic , the’pregnant être lermée,to express more defolidi- te. It’in need doubt , he eft a caraélere own to each kind of eblock , eta- bli by the actual laws of the convenience & the principles of good Architecture. C’eft this mark diftinélive that feule ale right s’draw the’ellime of connoilfeurs by the’idee that’we must fe train naturally d’a bâbuilding facré , public , or private , these differens the buildings to ge.néralement announce by their compofition outdoor l’u- fage to which they are deftinés. We can't difconvenir, however, that’it’there is beautys dwas in the mo- nument we're talking about , but we must obferver that’he eft femblable to in this regard to the plûpart of buildings of the ancient , of which the perfection of 1 execution has attracted the fuffrage the greatest number of people. Warned by the richeftè & 1 abundance of ornemens that’it has noticed in these buildings , it's’ lfs determine to admire , fans enter in the’examination of the reports of all the parties & of parts to a whole. Of-lto it happens all the days that the admirers of the’Antiquity , take fouvent l’whole work for authority , & that’they fe laiffent usually furprer.dr. by a strong d’enchan- the one who leads to combine in their productions of the parties which are not go enfemble , préfentent a prescription little fatisfaifante. These inad- vertances n’arrive too fouvent, although these fans are looking, difcnt-they, to puifer their principles in the examples able, to many ways to train the goûtj but once again, they fe laiflent féduire by all, fans get into the’efprit of régies of the convenience. C’eft, however, the latter of which feule enfeigne the choice characterère exprelîit that’he eft indifpenfable to give to each bâbuilding & fans- what it is always moving away from the true-femblance &the bienféance : confidérations eflèntielles to obferver néanmoins to achieve theexcellence fon item The façade that we give here, contains various infcriptions , those who are placed in the three small tables in the deftus of rude , auffi-although in two such tables of the ctaxs of the rue S. Denis , do all of the mêmy & conçues in these terms. FONTIUM NYMPHIS. In one of the tables of the foubaflement marked C , we read this infcription : Quos duro cernis fimulatos marmorc fluelected Hujus Nympha loci credidit ejfe fuos. In such a table , the ctaxs of the rue S. Denis , eft the même infcription , & audeflous eft wrote : 1708. THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. This look , one of the most beautiful monuments of the [ancient , has hte prebye to contain a more large quantitiese of water , with a container more eleve pouren give to the districts the most éloi gnés of the City. The fourthème Prevôte of Mejfire Charles Boueher , Knight , Lord of’Orfay , Ù'c. This «MM ARCHITECT R I E F H A N Ç OISE.Li v: V. ' 5 This building , of which the’maintenance had ete strong neglige , was rebye in 1708. To 1741 J is the propofa of the reftaurer a feconde time ; but as this reftaura- tion would altére the beauts of the fculpture in the regratant , it was put down in the u.s.cha- fauds who had ete drelfes this lujet , & it was dicecide that the’we conferveroit to the pof- terite this magnificent book fans any alteration. He was ordained wellme what- few years après’over the Door of S. Anthony, in favour of the fculpture (a) that 1 we see , that lfs of the hand of Jean Goujon , & that paroilfoit have befoin of what- that rseparation , but which by relléxion n’ofto touch , fe recalling that Englois Blondel , in 1 660 , lorfqu’he was in charge of the additions that’it fit to this door, prefera conferver has the polterite this book is admirable ratherodoes that give this monument a prescription d’a delfein more etheégant in gsneral. We enter into 1 within the fountain of which we speak , by a small por- te placea to Has , which leads to a efcalier that goes up to the refervoir eleve to thethe place marked B , which diftribue l’water in differens areas of the city, & we n’we have expressed in this Board being formerly engravede , ainlî we l’have noticed earlier; Profile of key members of’ Architecture of the building to the Fountain of the Innocent, Plate II. This Board préfente the main profiles of the etheévation precedente • but as examine as the place , we found some difference , we let's note here, après have obfervé in genéral that all of these profiles are , in the formerécution, treated with more cogerete, which gives to this eblock this caraelere deli- cat cleaner theOrder which compofe the’order , to theefpece of the bâbuilding it s’is. These differences confiftent in the profile of the cornice of the piedeftal , including cimaife infmark eft as the profile B. The’entablature Compofite do differentre that in the heel D, which eft more etheeve to pay the costs of the lifteau of deflûs. The frife C, which eft bom- bee, eft ornea Dolphins alternately placed with shells, scre- nsea of leaves cross ; this frife ought to ete more analogous to the fujet, fi l’it was prefere leaves d’water : the quarter circle E eft finally cut d’ornemens known crazy the name of’oves. The cornice of i’Attica F eft much too péfante in this deffein , see the profile G , the gorgerin eft to lead & non-circular. In generalnéral we ob- ferverons to theexcept these inadvertances , which fans doubt come from the lack the drive , the coats labeled as this Board are affez exaétes , which we porte to the infer in this book, these mefures being d’a bornceffite indifpenftoble to the perfonnes who defeated s’inftruire of the road that Architeéthe of the XVI e fiecle have fuivie in their produirions. M This fculpture confilte in deuxfigures placed as ma ; be entrusted to to men imprudens hay d’illumi- the middle door , the’a repslot the Seine Sc l’other ner this triumphal arch, which , in favour of the heads-of œu-" Marne : book, unique , & for which fans vres we are talking about devroit êbe free of this still fear, lorfque in the réjouifltonces publishes mark d’allegreflè. G Fontaina of Inno- cens. Volume 1IT AR CHITECTURE FRANÇOISE, Liv. V. CHAPTER IV Description of In-Door S. . Denis Cf In Door S . RwLcirtm* PORTE S. DENIS. P-f oS - L’one of the infcriptîons of this Gate tells us that this eblock fût confacre to the glory of Louis XIV by the city of Paris , the’year 167a. We fçhave auffi that this was F rançwe Blondel (a), (cetheebre Architeae , who in turn gave the defleins , & non-Bubble t , as a few l’have argued , this last n’having been that 1 meterü ü ü ü üeur ainfi that’we read in the Course of’Architeaure ü ü ü ü üe François Blondel, pag. 6 oy. Elévation of the Porte S. Denis ctaxe of the City. Plank First. This eblock has ete gravé in plufieurs Book' d’Architeélure , mas as the def- feinsque we had ju V* prêtent are too infidèthe to give,ufte idea non-grinding we are the’have lifted exadementfiir places , mats we have ev- rifie dimenfions that François Blondelnous gives to the fourthèto me, Part of fon During’Architeaure , Chapter IV. page 622 , which differ affez confidérablemenc the’exécution ; differences in how we do fçcould pénétrer the pattern , François Blon- led printed fon book a few years après the erection of this monu- ment , & this error is too confidérable to be able to come from 1 device , of the pofe or ragrément , ainfi that we are going to notice it. While this building is 73 feet 9 inches in width as 72 feet 9 inches in height; not including a focle continuous crown all the’book : the focle was 4 feet 8 inches high , & fert d’support to the platform performed as this monument , ainfi that’you can see Plate II. Figure Première. Lalargeur of the Door of the eft of 24 feet 2 inches as 46 feet, two inches in height : the width delto niche quarree lfs 3 1 feet I inch as 49 feet 6 inches : the proportion , ainfi than that of the Door , more clip the double of fa width, though’it paroiffe that François Bicndel wanted give it to him twice , (see that’it says in the fon book , page 623.) Without doubt , at the time of the’exécution, he loved to give less etheévation to the Door to to obtain a greater height to the table that contains the bas-relief that fe sees as this Board. A , " . , The height of the’entablature , which attainted the Architect must be the lixieme of all the eblock , n’however, only 9 feet 10 inches instead of 12. It in lfs even (i) We diejà parls of this man illuftre in the Volumes precédens, especiallyèespecially in Volume II. pag. t yo où we promised we extend davan- tage fur lis talens fuoericurs of this Architect, that de fon living was a member ei the’Académie Royale des Sciences , Maréchal camps Ôc armed King , ProfeHeur in Ma- thématiques 6c \rchitcdure , 6c Direéleur of the’Acade- mie Royale , Myître of Mathematics Monfeigneur the Dolphin. Besides plufieurs books Mathéma- ticks that’he has given us , fon During ri Architeélure, including most of the ete didee-fon time 1 Acade- cef , elt a book auffi useful than deep , 6c contains a dodrine capable of’illuftrer in the fiecles has come theman fçbefore we talk about , 6c to form the most cetheebrés Arufles. This book , in which our Arclnteétes not fçat- roient make that much of a case , contains non-grinding the def- entry of plufieurs buildings that this Architede has bâtir to Paris oc elsewhere , but still fçbenefit difiertanons as all parties the most intéreffantes 1 Architedure* with a parallelèthe excellent of the most cetheebres Commented- tors of Vitruvius, such as Palladio, Vignolaoc Scamozzi, accompaniede remarks très-inftrudives as the main the essential buildings of Greece oc l’Italy. Englois Blondel was born to Paris in 1624, &c, is lfs dead on January 22, 1689 : regardless of the works so we were just talking about , 6c which immortalifent 1 skillful hom- me that we failons the praise we give him the title of Con- feiller d’State in the fruitful Volume 1 Hifloire del A- cadémie Science, où he had ete receivedu-16 - $ 6 qualitys of Gsombe. ARCHITECTURE FRANÇOISE, L i despiedeftaux , quifeion it must be the quarter, that makes i8pieds, & that n’have this- while 1(5 feet 1 1 inches : & ainfi well d’other mefures that’he described in fon book reports Geométriques & Arithmetic , & that different fenfible- ment of the’exécution; we dietermine to give, in particular the coats prin- candidates of this monument. This building has two façades , l’a ctaxs of the city , of which we give here the delfein , l’other ctaxe du Fauxbourg, femblable for the’order to how we are talking about , 8c differing only in the ornemens , ainfi that we note- ions in fon place. We oblèrverons grinding here that the fculpture in this monu- ment eft left with a lot of diferétion , & what can être looked ate com- me a chief-d work of art ; it was started by Girardon , 8c continued by Michel Aneuierre . The Bas-relief of deflus the Door repréfente the paifage of the river Rhine to City canals , to about which François Blondel feplaint , p. 6iç) , that the Sculptor n’not fuivi fon fen- building for the handledre drapper figures, fuivant that’it has enfeigné in the fe- conde Part of fon huitième Book , chap. io , p. i<58. The ctaxe du Fauxbourg, in a table of même form, eft another bas-relief repréfentant the prife of Maflrick, in 1673. In the frife of the’entablature which ëtt the of these two bas-reliefs , eft a the sameI infeription wholesale caraétere dore conçeu in these terms ; LUDOVICO MAGNO. See the proportion of the entablature & l’alfemblage of fes profiles , Board IT Figure A. The delfous tables in bas-relief which we have just been talking about , lfs is a niche quarrea reçilo the door , which has Claveau the body of a lion , which the tbe & the legs dangling fury lommet of the’archivolt, & in the corners of the niches quarresa are placed the two famous bas-relief, which femblent publish the victoi- res of the Prince to the glory which this triumphal arch ,a etéleve. At the bottom of the two piers of this building are two Piedeftaux in each def- what it has pierced to the door (e) 5 feet d’opening as the double height. At- delfus eft placea a table of white marble which bears inferiptiens in caraéleres black , the to right eft conçûe in these terms : THAT O D DIEBUS VIX SEXAGINT HAS RHENUM, VAHALIM, M OSAM, ISALAM SUPERAVIT. SUBEGIT PROVINCIAS TRES, CEPIT URBES MU NI T A S THAT ADRAGINTA. . Door Denis. (£) These Doors had ete made in the’origin of this bâ- building for the païïage of people foot. François Blondel fe complained about the borncefiite put these drilled in these piedeftaux & at-ofü ü ü ü üe of the piramides , which femblent have befoind’a foubafiement d’a great folidité : this- you note eft judicieufe of the part of the’Author. Today’now that the’it was recognized that the large open- ture of the middle door of the eft luffifante , you can do more «MfêSSg S* e^ EMENDATA MALE STORE 1 BATAVORUM GENTE. PRÆF. AND ÆD IT. PONI C. C. ANN. R. S. M. DC. LXXII. The infcrlptions placed as such piedeltaux of the ctaxe du Fauxbourg are different from those ç[eu we have to report , so here they are. In the piedeftal to the right , P R Æ F. AND ÆDIL. PONI C. C. ANN. R. S. H. M. DC. LXXIII. H i In the piedeftal to left , OUOD thajECTUM AD MOSAM XIII. DIEBUS CEPIT. A ctaxs of these infcriptions & as the return fupérieur of the jambs of the doors are trophies d’arms in low relief in the style of those of the piedeftal of the Column Trajanís. On each of these piedeftaux extentheève a piramide adapted to the wall : they are polees as a focle & furmonted d’a globe porte as a small amortiffement : the bottom width of these piramides eft to their part fupérieure as 3 lfs to i ;as one of their focles d’a ctaxe eft a figure Coloffale repréfentant the Rhine river lights the figure d’a river amazed , & of theother Holland crazy figure d’a woman affli- gea , affife as a lion half-dead , which d’a fes-legged holds a epee broken & the’other a trouffeau of fléches brifesa & part renverfées. François Blondel reports in the fon book pag. 6 151 that’he has imagine these figures at the bottom of these pyramids theexample , he said » medallists that we have d’Augufle & 1 itus , où thewe see » figures of women ajfifes at the foot of the trophy & palm trees , which were scored or the conqube " the’Egypt by Augufle , or that of the Judée by Titus ». In-deffus of these figures, etheèthe ev in the height of the pyramids, trophies, anti- ques hanged to cords & entremêled shields loaded the weapons, the Pro- provinces , or of the major Cities that the King had fe Ibumettre in Holland , lorfque the city of Paris erected the monument to the glory of this Prince. Our Author refers, further, that’before the conquêyour we just by- ler , lorfqu’he was instructed to do conftruire this building , it had screened d’sid- emphasis these pyramids three rows of roftres , pareeque , he says , premièsurely these ornemens have a lot of connection with the arms of the city of Paris , feconde- ment pareeque perfonne before him was avifé défigner the conquêyour that Louis XIV had made as the sea, & that these ornemens with the help of the infcriptions that’he had compofees (r) to this effect would be announced d’a handledre fenfible of the viéloires ma- (c) François Blondel we apprendl , page 610^ that ring per year of the main evénemens of the regne of non -grinding the infcriptions of this Door are of Louis XI V. Circonftance that adds a merit eflentiel the him j but that’he gave aufii those of all other buildings, the high capacity of this Artifte, & which proves that’it etoic etheeves of fon tems & crazy fa sayelion-où he obferve , aulîthe great man of letters, the great Architeéthe. mainly at the Gates of Paris, a efpece leak hif- ritimes ARCHITECTURE FRANÇOIS E, L i v V. 13 ritimes of this Monarch : he look that this project had a lte fort gbûte but that’it could not take place , because the City , in the building that we are talking about , prewill d’year- noncer by fymboles fignificadfs the viéloires that venoient recently être rem- ported by Louis the Great, The ctaxe the Fauxbourg make aufïï two pyramids in charge of the trophies , which is different- rent grinding of those which we have just referred , in that’it’there is no fi- gures as the focles , but grinding of the lions femblent the foûtenir , ainfi that’011 can see (*) in the cup & in the profile , Plate II. A few Architeéles have claimed that these pyramids were little own the décoration d’a triumphal arch , & that this kind of’ornament does convenoit to cel- the d’a dying bed , the’origin of these ornemens having been the object of’honor the mmemory of the dead , & that’he would ete more suitable to practice a table of lease- lante in the height of each piédroit of this building , as to which you ought to lowerre these trophies : these tables then in the form of pilallres would have been able to être foûtenues as the the samemy piedellaux , & would have formed theaffemblage of plufieurs lines parallelèthe , that the’obliquity of the pyramids do préfente't be here. Though’he loit , he eft some that this monument eft d’a great beauty , & that the firmness of fon Architecture & la fierts of fes profiles, merit the highest praise : we can mêI move that’it n’eft can êbe the point of building in France, which bears a characterère more manly & more ca- pable of merit the’attention of men who fe deftinent arts , & d’draw the’ad- miration of Connoilfeurs. Cut & face-latéeral of the Porte S. Denis. Plate II. This Board repréfente the cut of this mêfor me , Figure Firstèer , by the- what we see compartimens diltribués in the’the bottom surface of the’the arc of the Door bankrupt of the pyramids & the width of the platform performed as the fommet of 'this eblock. The Figure second provides the lateral face of this Gate , & indicates the épaifleur of this monument , auflï-although the barbacannes that illuminate the’efcalier that goes up the bottom, of which we see the plan in the stack expressed in deffous of this figure, Figure A gives the profile of the’entablature which has a height of 9 feet 10 inches as 4 feet of bankrupt ; the height of fa cornice, which lfs 3 feet 10 inches, fe di- vife in twenty parties , four are for the height of the cimaife fupérieure , four to that of the mold , such as fept for the height of the double modillon , & five for that the cimaife infmark. The frife has a height of 2 feet 10 inches : l’architrave , that eft 3 feet 2 inches , fe divife in 15 games , five are for the cimaife , five for the firstère platte-band , & five for the platte-bottom band, including fon quarter round & fon net. r Figure B gives the profile of the’impofte , the height of which eft of 3 feet 4 pou- these fur 1 3-inch bankrupt and this height fe divife in 1 of 3 parts : three of these by- ties are for the platte-bottom band , four for the feconde , a to the ca- vet , two to the cove & fes two nets , two for the eaves & the latter for the net & the lifteau fupinside. r Figure C gives the profile of the cornice despiedeftaux,ona a height of one foot 1 1-inch as a foot 9-inch bankrupt and this height fe divife in ten parts: two do it for the cimaife fupérieure , three for the mold , one for a portion of the quarter round deftous with fon fillet , three to the cove & fon grain d’barley , & the der- niere for the’aftragale. (*) Theetheévation perfpe&ive of this door , on the side of Fauxbourg , fe is found in the Delices of Paris, by Pe- atural , Plate 5, One can see auffi in the même Re ^ Volume III. cueil, Plate 96, a etheévation perlpeélive the Door S. Martin we'll talk about, D Door S» Denis» 14 Gate S, Martin. ARCHITECTURE FRANÇOISE, Liv. V. DOOR S. MARTIN. This building was eleve & confacred by the city of Paris to the glory of Louis XIV , theyear 1674 , as the delîeins of Pierre Bullet (a) , fucceflivement après the Door s Of- nis , which has led to believe to plufieurs that this monument had ete bâit as the deffeins François Blondel ; but there is a fi large difference in the taste of’Architec- ture of these two Doors triumphal, that’it efï aife diftinguer l’book on the maître d’with that of the schoolboy : because even though Bullet has wanted, in the Door of which we speak, fuivre in some strong the dimenfions obfervées in the Gate S. Denis, we do not re- brand néanmoins in the’order of that of S. Martin , that’a caraetere pe- fanteur instead of the’expreffion manly, which compofe one of the P orte precedente , of strong that’it’there has to fe trick as theeftime that’we must do these two buildings comparés enfemble. Elévation of the Porte Saint Martin to the side of the City. Plate III. This building ( b ) has width (J 3-feet 7-inch, as 5 3 pieas r inch d etheeconservation , including including the’ Attack continuously, which can regne as part fupérieure of the’entablature & that has a height of 1 r feet.This monument ell pierced by three Doors, in full coat-hanger , of which the one in the middle have 6 feet 2 inches as 30 feet 1 inch. The Doors collaterals have each 8 feet 1 inch & a half as IJ feet 8 inches & a half : the arches these doors are foûtenus by the side wall of a y-foot, 6-inch & a half each , & are responsible for bolfages continuous vermiculés , lefquels turn handledre ar- chivolte àî'arc in full coat-hanger - of the front Door : gender d’ornament ruftique more own in ge.neral to the décoration d’a city Gate of a war , that theorder d’a triumphal arch elevea in a capital city ; d’furthermore, these ornemens give a caraetere péfanteur to this building , & must not êbe employed in those which by their ufage ask a folidité reit & apparent. In-deffus of the rude & the two endmités of this monument is etheèwind two body bolfages , the width of the side wall of deffous : these bolfages who fail to a few inches , lailfent a recess which occupies the’efpace between the delfus of this rude & the deffous of the’entablature, enfemble the width, which can regne since the body of bolfages we just talked about jufqu'to thetop surface of thearc the large Door. These efpaces , d’a form form alfez ungrateful , are adorned with this cacklee , like the one in the Fauxbourg , by bas-reliefs of the’exécution Desjardins ( c j, Marjÿ (d) , the Gelding ( ej , & the Big (/) , & repréfentent the main eve- (а) Bullet was deffmateur & appareilleur François Blondel , ainfx that we l’have noticed at the begin- ment of this Chapter. In the leak this man acquired a très-great expexperience, &c, made d’happy progrès in the’Ar- chiteélure. See what we have said in Volume II. page 513. Note (a). (бOn the 7th day of September 1747 , to the return of Louis XV of the armea of Flanders , the city of Paris did erect an arc of triumph , painted as canvas & mounted as a bâtis Char- slope of the two ctaxés of this Door : this decoration deke had a width of 72 feet as S7 from the top, is com- took a amortilfement pofé as an Attic & foutenu of the cacklee du Fauxbourg as an Order of Ionic columns of colored marble & the ornemens rehauffés d’gold. The co- te of the City was decore d’a handledre more ruftique, & furmonte wellme by a great amortifîêment , fuppor- both dçs allecategories oc attributes rélatifs to the fujet : these décorations , which j’I gave the deffeins , were mocutesa with fuccès by the flowers Tremblin & Labbé , Painters the City. (c) See what we have said of this Sculptor, Volume IT pag. y. Note (^),&pag. 1 72. Note (<7). (d) Baltazar Marfy was born in Digny , & eft death in 1707. He had a brother named Gafpard, who had least of reputation , the latter eft death in 1 6 7p. (?) Etienne le Hongre is a lot of work to Verfail- the it eft death to Paris in i6