polychromatic

(adjective)

Multi-colored.

Related Terms

  • Pigment
  • woodcut
  • woodcarving
  • virtuoso
  • monochromatic
  • Renaissance

Examples of polychromatic in the following topics:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Body-Oriented Psychotherapies

    • Light therapy (also known as phototherapy or heliotherapy) consists of exposure to daylight or to specific wavelengths of light using polychromatic polarized light, fluorescent lamps, or very bight, full-spectrum light.
  • 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
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
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