An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations (1883)
Mollett, John W. (John William) · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington · leaf 227
Fig. 467. Monile. Detailsof ornament. … Fig. 468. Monile. A Gaulish collar. Monochrome Painting, (i) Painting in a singlecolour, as, for instance, red upon a blackground, or white upon a red ground. The mostnumerous class of specimens of this kind ofpainting are upon terra-cotta, as the Etruscanvases. (2) The term is applied to paintings…
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