Note 25 — Chapter II · 1817-1820. TRAVELS IN FRANCE, ITALY, GREECE, EGYPT, AND THE EAST.

This was a point which often struck him in many cases of restoration or new buildings where colour and gilding were only partially employed. He insisted that in this partial and incomplete use lay the real cause of gaudiness or tawdry effect. Of all the new buildings at Munich, the one which he admired must was the Royal Chapel, because in it the decoration was thoroughly and perfectly carried out.