Gods in color
polychromy in the ancient world
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Author
Contributions
- Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.) - Contributor
Publication
2017 - Prestel, California
Language
English
Word Count
47,750 words, Guess
Page Count
191 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-103791357077
- ISBN-139783791357072
- Library of Congress Control Number2017018921
- OCLC Control Number982089362
- Better World BooksP8-BZB-059
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL26940206M
Classifications
- DDC730.93
- LCCNB1275 .G63 2017
Description
"This stunning book uses 21st-century technology to reveal the original colors of ancient sculpture. When Renaissance artists sought to imitate ancient sculpture, their medium of choice was pure, white marble, but little did they know that the works they emulated were originally painted in dazzling and powerful hues-from red ocher and cinnabar to azurite and malachite. By illustrating painted reconstructions of well-known sculptures in relation to original examples, this volume reveals how ancient artists in Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Aegean, Greece, and Rome brought unexpected and breathtaking color to their artworks. Accompanying these reproductions are watercolors of Greece's landscapes dating from different years, which show how our perception of ancient art has changed over time. Generously illustrated, this book testifies that the study of ancient sculpture is incomplete without an understanding of the many ways that color was employed to bring such art to life"--
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- Gods in color: polychromy in the ancient world
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