Polychrome
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Polychrome is the "practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to refer to certain styles of architecture, pottery, or sculpture in multip
1883 reconstruction of color scheme of the entablature on a Doric temple
Cave painting at Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil, depicting humans and animals, about 20,000 BP
Stencils of hands at the Cueva de las Manos, Argentina, dated to either 7,300 BC to 700 AD or 13,000–9,000 BP
Cave paintings of Laas Geel, Somaliland, depicting cattle, mid-4th millennium to mid-3rd millennium BC
Doric order
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The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the s
The Doric order of the Parthenon. Triglyphs marked "a", metopes "b", guttae "c" and mutules under the soffit "d"
The Roman Doric order from the Theater of Marcellus: triglyphs centered over the end column
Upper parts, labelled