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[France, continued (3)]

‘By the third quarter of the 18th century* [ce] in France the Rococo was finished. Late Baroque classical architecture of the type exemplified by the works of Ange-Jacques Gabriel was overwhelmingly dominant. His designs rejected previous freedom & asymmetry & withdrew from the work of Francois Mansart & Jules Hardouin-Mansart in creating a conservative & highly sophisticated architecture that for elegance & convenience has yet to be equalled. Gabriel's gracefully precise Petit Trianon (1762[ce]) at Versailles is his finest work, the high point of late Baroque classical architecture & perhaps the most accomplished building in France in the 18th century [ce] (Figure 76).**

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*2048s~|R~1792[ce]

64m~|G~1776[ce]

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***– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 13:] 1017-1018

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