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 20
he idea of its colourless state impossible. This frieze in the Parthenon is 40 feet from the ground to the centre of it, and in the position Aon the section (p. 17), whilst our experiment is only 16 feet, to the centre of the bas-relief : to be seen at an angle of 45°, the eye of the spectator must… … Section showing the position of the Panathenaic Frieze.
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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