Example sentences for: polychrome

How can you use “polychrome” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Donatello has sculpted a fine polychrome wood St. John the Baptist for his compatriots’ Florentine Chapel, to the right of the altar.

  • Its two destinies come together in the Piazza del Duomo, where open-air cafés and ice cream parlors look up a long monumental staircase to the Arab-Norman campanile and polychrome mosaic façade of the Romanesque cathedral, built as a symbol of the republic’s glory.

  • Directly off the main square, which is anchored by its imposing Romanesque cathedral built in 1076, is the Villa Rufolo, with its mysterious polychrome arcaded arabesque cloister.

  • The Bishop White Gallery features Buddhist and Taoist frescoes of the 13th-century Yuan Dynasty, under Emperor Kublai Khan, along with some monumental polychrome and gilded wooden statues of the Buddha.

  • About 12,000 are on display here, from 15th-century polychrome designs to 20th-century art deco styles.


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