A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 117
has this peculiarity, that the forms of thestones in an arch or a horizontal frieze are oftenelaborate, increasing the conqilexity of effect. In the English Gothic revival, beginningabout IS.iO, the infiuence of Italian art in thisrespect was strongly felt, and some of the ar-chitects interested in… … Polychromy: Paintinc; on a Plaster Ceiling;17th Century Northern Work. But the p.ittern is (Kriverl from the eiKUess -supiily of diapersand sowintjs in Italian and Si)anish tiles and stencil work. The most imjiortant fm-ra of polychromy isthat produced by painting with its accessory,174 POLYCLITUS…
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