trip from Paris and return. And that is a good tip for tourists. R ever retrace your steps! Make every step take you somewhere you have not been. That holds just as much in going about a city as in going from one city to another. For anyone interested in French Gothic architecture, both interior and exterior, a visit to the wonderful cathedrals of Rouen is enough. But, in my anxiety to get to Paris, now that I realized that I was so near, I stayed only one day and a night, and arrived at Paris at noon the next day. Aside from the many famous places, there are many just as instructive, hidden in some dark alley, seldom seen by the tourist. Easy trips can be made from
Paris to Fontainebleau, Versailles and Barbizon. The palace at Fontainebleau is especially attractive to the interior architect on account of its many rooms, each in a different period of French art, with original furniture. The exterior of the building is full of suggestions for designers and a trip there should not be missed. In the palace at Versailles are also rooms decorated elaborately in various periods while the well known Grand and Petit Palais are probably the center of attraction for those architecturally inclined. For the more artistic, nothing could be more attractive than the petite houses forming what is known as the Hamlet Village. These four or five cottages are all built in miniature, and were used by Marie Antoinette and her court ladies for playing peasant life. They are designed after the half timber style of early England with thatched roofs, and, although delightful, are somewhat extreme in detail. Bai’bizon interests, too, on account of its connec
tion with artists, being the rendezvous of such men as Millet, Corot, and Rousseau. The atmosphere as shown in the paintings of these men is still very discernible there.
As I mentioned before, I was taken on a trip from Paris to Florence and the remaining places I visited were made while on this tour. We went directly South from Paris through the open country, stopping at little peasant towns and villages for the night, wherever we happened to be. Before coming to the Riviera, we passed through that delightful section of old Roman France, still holding many relics and ruins of Roman times. Probably the most interesting town was Rimes, where
there is an old Arena, built by the Romans in the first century, and a wonderful Roman temple, Maison Carre. The Roman gardens, still showing the original Roman baths, are very artistic and well laid out. Another stop at Avignon, for many years a noted artist resort, and we arrived at the Riviera. Anyone with an atom of artistic sense, which is surely in each of us, comes to the front as you behold the wonderful natural scenery along the coast of the Mediterranean. Beautiful buildings fade into insignificance in comparison with the beauties of this setting! Still as you come into Rice and Monte Carlo, you are pleased by the personal touch to their buildings, seeming to show a sort of Spanish influence, as our houses in California suggest. And then, as you go on, into the Italian country, the style changes again. We passed hurriedly through Genoa, hardly havingtime to study details, but it was easy to notice the fine detail of the ornament, peculiar to the Italian.
Flemish
English
French
Interesting examples of Linenfold design of XVth Century
(Sketched in the South Kensington Museum)
Paris to Fontainebleau, Versailles and Barbizon. The palace at Fontainebleau is especially attractive to the interior architect on account of its many rooms, each in a different period of French art, with original furniture. The exterior of the building is full of suggestions for designers and a trip there should not be missed. In the palace at Versailles are also rooms decorated elaborately in various periods while the well known Grand and Petit Palais are probably the center of attraction for those architecturally inclined. For the more artistic, nothing could be more attractive than the petite houses forming what is known as the Hamlet Village. These four or five cottages are all built in miniature, and were used by Marie Antoinette and her court ladies for playing peasant life. They are designed after the half timber style of early England with thatched roofs, and, although delightful, are somewhat extreme in detail. Bai’bizon interests, too, on account of its connec
tion with artists, being the rendezvous of such men as Millet, Corot, and Rousseau. The atmosphere as shown in the paintings of these men is still very discernible there.
As I mentioned before, I was taken on a trip from Paris to Florence and the remaining places I visited were made while on this tour. We went directly South from Paris through the open country, stopping at little peasant towns and villages for the night, wherever we happened to be. Before coming to the Riviera, we passed through that delightful section of old Roman France, still holding many relics and ruins of Roman times. Probably the most interesting town was Rimes, where
there is an old Arena, built by the Romans in the first century, and a wonderful Roman temple, Maison Carre. The Roman gardens, still showing the original Roman baths, are very artistic and well laid out. Another stop at Avignon, for many years a noted artist resort, and we arrived at the Riviera. Anyone with an atom of artistic sense, which is surely in each of us, comes to the front as you behold the wonderful natural scenery along the coast of the Mediterranean. Beautiful buildings fade into insignificance in comparison with the beauties of this setting! Still as you come into Rice and Monte Carlo, you are pleased by the personal touch to their buildings, seeming to show a sort of Spanish influence, as our houses in California suggest. And then, as you go on, into the Italian country, the style changes again. We passed hurriedly through Genoa, hardly havingtime to study details, but it was easy to notice the fine detail of the ornament, peculiar to the Italian.
Flemish
English
French
Interesting examples of Linenfold design of XVth Century
(Sketched in the South Kensington Museum)