The Application of Color to Antique Grecian Architecture: Thesis (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Arselia Bessie Martin

9780266547259: The Application of Color to Antique Grecian Architecture: Thesis (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0266547257 ISBN 13: 9780266547259

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Excerpt from The Application of Color to Antique Grecian Architecture: Thesis

We shall endeavor to inquire into the relations of this phase of Grecian art to those of the preceding and of the later styles. Was their system of polychromy a native invention, having no connection with the past, intended only for the existing gener ation, then to be extinguished in the darkness If so, it could possess little interest and real value for us, except as a mere historical fact. On the other hand, if it was evolved from ages of experiment and slow development, attaining finally a high point of perfection and then exercising an influence, unconscious or otherwise, on succeeding ages, there must have been in it some vital elements that are worthy of our consideration.

Finally, if for no other reason, we feel justified in the selection of this subject because a proper understanding of it is indispensable to the true appreciation of Grecian architecture, to which we owe so much.

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