Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 218
the triglyphs were blue, and the mutulesalso, while the drops projecting from the latter werered, and red was also used for other small surfaces. 1 New Chapters in Greek History, by Percy Gardner. COLOR AS APPLIED TO ARCHITECTURE 195 The background of the metopes, too, was red,while that of the… … Temple of Theseus, Athens A much-disputed question is whether such pat-tern ever existed on the echinus of the capital; butthe balance of evidence, as well as of probability,appears to favor the opinion that the echinus wasleft plain. . . . The metopes are not all sculptured but onlythose of the…
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