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Architecture, classic and early Christian (1888)

Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903, Slater, John, 1847-1924 · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter, Lane, Fleet Street, E.C. · leaf 156

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er, are sufficient toprove that a very largeamount of colour Avas em-ployed, and that probably ornaments (Ei^s. 105 to 120) were painted upon many ofthose surfaces which were left plain by the mason,especially on the cornices, and that mosaics (Fig. 87) andcoloured marbles, and even gilding, were… … Fig. -The AcANTuis Leap. K 130 CLASSIC ARCHITECTUIiE. Architectural Character. Observations wliicli have been made during the course oftills and the previous chapters will have gone far to pointout the characteristics of Greek art. An archaic andalmost forbidding severity, with heavy proportions and

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