Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 92
rom the white-ness of the marble,flooded as it waswith glowing light ;and to the vivid redsand blues were addedthe brilliancy of gild-ing. This is proved by an inscription of the ninety-second Olympiad,giving the account of some expenses of the Erech-theum.* We find there mentioned one hundredand… … Fig. 22.—antefix of marble. * Corb. Inscr. Attic. I. 324. 80 GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. system ; the use of polychromy varied with the tastesof architects and with the traditions of the schools. Observations made upon the ruins of Ionic edificesat Priene, Didymi,Ephesus, Halicarnassus, and Athens,make it…
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