An apology for the colouring of the Greek Court in the Crystal Palace (1854)
Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library : And Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street · leaf 17
15 COLOURING OF THE GREEK COURT. coloured in such a way as to destroy the very effect, which a mere glance at the diagram will show was intended to he produced — viz., to imitate, or rather take the place of orna¬ ments in relief. The star in the centre of the coffer has traces of red upon it, and… … It will be seen that the parts I have supplied are frets on the plain soffits of the beams and the ornament on the side of the beams ; the frets I have used in such a way as best to define the architectural lines of the ceiling. Those who are inclined to believe that wherever the Greeks ornamented,…
Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) · Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) · Architecture, Greek -- Exhibitions · Decoration and ornament -- Greece -- Exhibitions · Exhibitions buildings -- England -- London · Grekisk arkitektur · Världsutställningar -- historia -- Storbritannien -- 1800-talet · Architecture, Greek · Decoration and ornament · Greece
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