238 riisTOiiY or Aiicm ri: en; III:.

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pinbroiilery. Covered with cicsped nrclies, niches, I'lnnacles, and tracery, tlie buildings
of the time would be easily rec gni.sed even if they were not n ari<ed l)y tiie wavy or
broken lines of tlie arches; ihe vnmlures pri niatlijues or pear-sliapetl bolteis, projectii
j^
arrises, and deep hollows, which f.rni tlie inc.iildings ; and the boldly designed cor-
belling, pendcntlvcs. and vaulting so flat that it res-'mblos a ceiling resting u[)on ex-
'.remely thin j>illars. In/?;/.
'241 we illustrate one of
the compartments of the sacristy of the clHirc!i at
Caudebec, which convi ys a fair notion of the pecu-
liarity of the style. During this jieriod the sculptors
lost uuich of the simi)licity noticed in the yirecedihg
centm-y; tiiey evidently copied tlie living model fir
at least the head a d lands, with great truth and
sometimes witii liapi ine--s in expressing stntiinent, but
they clothed it in heavy drapery cast with pretension.
'I'iie grotesque and monstrous figures almost excel the
statues, and seem to have sone analogy witii tliose
ivhich appear in the ba'ssi-rilievi of the 1 1th century.
Sucli were the last efforts of the pointed stvie, which
owed its jjrincipai character to its tendency towards
verticality, and finished by seeking horizontality.
.547, Atnongst the most remarkable works of the
1.5th century m;iy be mentioned the transepts 1400-.39,
and the nave 146'4-91, obviously modelled upon the
previous choir, of St. Ouen at Rouen; the upper
part and spire of the north-west tower at Chartres;
the central tower, tra:isepts, and chapels at \reux
;
Limoges; the northet;n entrance at Sens; the churches
iit Noire- Dame de-l'Epine, St. Quentin, St. Riquier,
Than, St. Wulfran at Abbeville
;
the Celestinians,
and St. Pierre at Avignon
;
St Jean at Caen
;
St.
.AiUoine at Compiegne
;
Ste. Catherine at Honfleur
;
St. Germain T.-Vuxerrois at J'aris ; St. 'Vincent at
Kouen ; and St. Pierre at S.nlis
,
the choir and
apse of St. Trophime at Aries; the greater part of
St. INIartin at Avignon
;
some ])ure portions (others,
/it/. f242, showing the dying 'tniggles of the style) of
St. Jacques at Dieppe ;
the ch.iir and transepts of
St. Remi, at Reims; the pretty Bourbon chapel in
the cathedral at Lyon; t\\L' i-aHedes dievaliers at Mont
St. Rlichel
;
and the tower of St. Jean at Elbeuf.
.54 8. Among the examples of the style, between
the years 1420 and l,5,'!l,are the Hotel des Ambassa-
deurs at Dijon, about 14'20; and the Fontaine de la
Croix at Rouen, i)etween H22 and 1461, lately re-
stored with the greatest success in all its delicate
details of ornament and tracery; as well as that which,
elected about 1512 oppo.site the eatliedral at Cler-
mont, in Auvergne, was iniich injured by its renewal
in 1799. The palace at Dijon dates about H67
; and
in that city are the monuments of the Dukes of Uur-
gundy, Philippe-le-Hardi and Jean-.sans-Peur, wiiich
were in the church of the Chartreuse. That of the
caudkiiec.
last-named was executed by Juan de Huerta. assisted by other artists, about 1473. They
are l)oth of the period and are perfect keys to the style that prevailed at the tiine. At
Nancy, the capital of Lorraine, still remains a portion of the ancient palace of its powerful
dukes. A representation of its portail is given in
/?//.
243. What remains within
serves as barracks for the garrison. The date of it is about 1-176. The Porte du Callhau
at Bordeaux, H94, in meinory of the battle of Fornovo, shares the fate of the Tlotel de
Ville at St. Quentin, with its known date of 1495-1509, in not attracting so. much notice
as a verv ))eculiar instance of a castle in miniature built iiy Gerard de Nollent about the
end of tlie 15th century at Caen with four fronts, which from the statues of Neptune and
Hercules placed on the battlements, is commonly called the chateau de la gendarmerie. At
Orleans, the Hotel de Ville, finished in 1498, is now used as a museum. The Chateau de
Blois, with four facades of different design, the eastern work dating about 1498-1515, is
t >o well known to need here any further remark. Ten miles from Caen is situate the
Chateau de P"ontaine le Henri
;
the greater portion is of ibis period. A part of the west
(ront is given,
^y.
244, as a characteristic specimen of the residences of the noblesse during
Fig. iiU