polychromy
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of polychromy
First recorded in 1855–60; polychrome + -y 3
Example Sentences
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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
He promised that not even the most fervent champion of polychromy was going to start slathering contemporary paint on ancient objects.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2018
In both countries the problem was solved in the same fashion—by the extensive use of enamelled brick and painted stucco, and the elaboration of a rich, elegant, and withal original system of polychromy.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
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