A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 122
k has this peculiarity, that the forms of thestones in an arch or a horizontal frieze are oftenelaborate, increasing the complexity of effect. In the English Gothic revival, beginningabout 1850, the influence of Italian art in thisrespect was strongly felt, and some of the ar-chitects interested in… … Polychkomy: Paintino on a Plaster Ceiling;17th Century Northern Work. But the pattern is derived from tlie endless sup[»ly of diapersand sowings in Italian and Spanish tiles and stencil work. The most important form of polychromy isthat produced by painting with its accessory,174 POLYCLITUS Riding.…
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