polychromatic
(adjective)
Multi-colored.
Examples of polychromatic in the following topics:
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Block Books
- Polychromatic block books were produced in addition to the monochromatic ones.
- Whereas most polychromatic prints required a separate printing surface for each color used, polychromatic block books were colored by hand.
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Jelling Stones
- Replicas made from plaster casts in the twentieth century recreate the stones' polychromatic appearances.
- This plaster-cast replica gives us an idea of the original polychromatic appearance of the Jelling Stones.
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Wood Sculpture in the Northern Renaissance
- He is best known for the colossal polychromatic altarpiece in St.
- Better known for his polychromatic sculptures, Stoss also left some sculptures unpainted, as became the preferred appearance for a brief time in the early sixteenth century.
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Architecture in the Greek High Classical Period
- The manifold combination and blending of various architectural styles in the same building was completed through a natural polychromatic effect, resulting from the use of different materials.
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The Venetian Painters of the High Renaissance
- Although his mature works may not contain the vivid, luminous tints of his early pieces, their loose brushwork and subtlety of polychromatic modulations were without precedent
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Architecture of the Holy Roman Empire
- German buildings from this period include Lorsch Abbey, which combines elements of the Roman triumphal arch (including arch-shaped passageways and half-columns) with the vernacular Teutonic heritage (including baseless triangles of the blind arcade and polychromatic masonry).
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Architecture and Mosaics in the Middle Byzantine Empire
- The lower walls and pillars are covered in marble polychromatic panels, and the upper walls and the domes are decorated with twelfth- and thirteenth-century mosaics.
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Neolithic Art
- The polychromatic painted Halaf pottery has been proposed to be a "trade pottery"—pottery produced for export—however, the predominance of locally produced painted pottery in all areas of Halaf sites including potters settlement questions that theory.