Gods in color : polychromy in the ancient world / Vinzenz Brinkmann, Renee Dreyfus, and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, editors ; with contributions by John Camp, Heinrich Piening, Oliver Primavesi.
Publisher:
Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoLegion of Honor ;
Issued in connection with an exhibition held Oct. 28, 2017-Jan. 7, 2018, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
On the Polychromy of Ancient Sculpture / Vinzenz Brinkmann and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann -- Rediscovering Color in Sculpture from Ancient Egypt and the Near East / Renee Dreyfus -- The Discovery of the Polychromy of Greek Sculpture in the Eighteenth Century : Winckelmann's Research on Statutes and Texts / Oliver Primavesi -- A History of Research and Scholarship on the Topic / Vinzenz Brinkmann -- Color and Light : Dodwell and Pomardi in Greece / John Camp -- Ancient Paints and Painting Techniques : Methods of Investigation / Vinzenz Brinkmann, Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, and Heinrich Piening -- Catalogue.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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