France Renaissance

• Dormer Window - used to increase the usable space in a loft and to create window openings in a roof plane
• Mansard Roof - (french roof, curb roof) Four-sided, gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slope on each of its sides, with the lower slope punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper
• • Rococo / Rocaille Style (Late Baroque) characterized by soft colors and curvy lines; depicts love and nature
• Rococo was the special forte of Juste Aurele Meissonnier
• Palais de Louvre - by Pierre Lescot, is one of the most imposing palaces in Europe
• Lescot Wing at the Palais de Louvre is the biggest museum in the world with 380,000 pieces in its collection
• Palais de Versailles - was built for Louis XIV by Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin Mansart and started as a small hunting lodge
• Galerie des Glaces by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in a lavish interior of marble and goldwork
• Palais de Versailles gardens - designed by Andre Le Notre with plants, waters and fountains; finest extant example of French garden design