Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 543
from1872 or later. The polychrom-atic treatment of certain detailsof this charming monument(Figure 104) was due to theinterest in Greek polj^chromywhich had been first arousedlong before the publication in 1851 of a work entitledLArchitecture polychrome chez les Grecs by J. J.Hittorff, and the… … Fig. 322.—Detail, Tomb inPere-la-Chaise, Paris. THE MODERN REVIVALS exterior polychromy; the paintings on the front of thechurch had at last to be scraped off, and the experimentleft no lasting results in French architectural decora-tion. Even the polychrome effects attempted by Gar-
Decoration and ornament
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