Wing of Francois I, Blois, Loire Valley, 1515-24

• emphasis of horizontal
• bottom portion: Ital. influence, dormers & roof: Medieval French
• staircase! highly decorated (salemanders)

Domenico da Cortona, Chateau at Chambord, Loire Valley, 1519-1547

• medieval scheme, incl moat
• divided in 2: white stone (feels horizontal)& dark highly ornamented dormers & chimenys (feels veritcal)
• staircase! double spiral

Francois Mansart, Chateau of Maisons, near Paris, 1642-61

• entry sequence
• strong axis
• facade: verticality, classical & crisp, depth
• staircase!

Palace of Versailles for Louis XIV, near Paris, 1624-1764

• garden facade: JH Mansart, horizontality (roof hidden)
• Gallery of Mirrors
• Royal chapel: gothic proportions

Azay-le-Rideau, Loire Valley, 1518-27

• surrounded by pond
• hunting grounds
• medieval: pitched roofs
• turrets integrated into bldg

Chenonceau, Loire Valley

• gallery bridges over river--for artwork or dances

Sebastiano Serlio, Ancy-le-Franc, Burgundy, 1546

• pylasters+ niches=rythm

Philibert de L'Orme, Chateau d'Anet, near Paris, 1550

• 1st real Fr. arch-->didnt want to copy Itals
• dry moat & huge entrance
• chapel
• Ecole de Beaux-Arts

Louis Le Vau, Vaux-le-Vicompte, near Paris, 1657-1661

Place Royal, for King Henri IV, Paris 1605-1612

• garden in center w/ aristocratic townhouses
• isolated from fabric of city
• unified-red brick, white stone
• arcade
• verticality

JH Mansart,Place Vendome,  Paris, 1700

• fancy shops
• horizontality

Church of the Sorbonne, Paris, 1635

• Il Gesu-esque
• dome!
• 2 fronts

JH Mansart,Dome des Invalides,  for King Louis XIV, Paris, 1680-91

• tomb of Napolean
• doric & ionic orders
• triple shell dome

Louis le Vau, East Facade, Louvre, , Paris, 1667-70

• simple, classical
• columns & pylasters-->rythm
• seen from river by entire city