The importance of colour on ancient marble sculpture bradley mark 2009 06 01 00 00 00 when the white marble head of an amazon was discovered at herculaneum in march 2006 with delicate colours clearly preserved on the hair eyes and eyelashes the news came as little surprise to the world of archaeology and art history plate 2.
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They were once full of colour but after centuries in the soil their original appearance and their colours have vanished.
But the sculptures haven t always looked like that.
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The book used for this course is gardner s art through the ages 15th.
By integrating visual material with literary evidence it first reviews some of the most important pieces of sculpture on which paint traces have survived and then assesses the significance of sculptural polychromy.
It complements the pioneering technical and reconstructive work that.
This article explores the significance of paint and pigment traces for understanding the aesthetics and artistic composition of ancient marble architectural and statuary sculpture.
The study concentrates in particular on the art of imperial rome which at the present time is under represented in the field.
Most people have an image of what sculptures from ancient greece look like.