de la renaissance : the Renaissance architecture, which

originated in Italy, was introduced into France about the

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end of the fifteenth century, and ttourished theie under Francis I. In England it is represented by the works of Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren. Its chief characteristic was a return to the three classical orders, but it retained many features of the Byzantine, the Romanesque, and tlie Gothic styles which it superseded.