polychromy
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Origin of polychromy
First recorded in 1855–60; polychrome + -y 3
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While this new monochrome work — inspired by the expression of yin and yang — is more tranquil than Brown’s usual party of polychromy, his paintings still dance with an appealing musicality.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
She was one of some 17 reconstructions — made circa 2005-2019 — in a new exhibition, “Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color,” which evokes how the Greeks and Romans painted their sculptures, a practice called polychromy.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
This spirit is in the polychromy of Islamic buildings, in the working of stone to look like tapestry, in the appearance of geometric evocations of infinite harmony in the middle of cacophonous towns.
From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2020
In the twentieth century, appreciation for ancient polychromy and decoration went further into eclipse—largely on aesthetic, rather than racial, grounds.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2018
Where materials of many colours abound, as is the case, for example, in the volcanic districts of France, polychromy is sought as a means of ornamentation.
From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)
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