Towards a “Polychrome History” of Greek and Roman Sculpture

In the early twenty-first century, the polychromy of ancient sculpture has been presented at many exhibitions and discussed in a large number of specialized publications. Scientific analysis has established beyond doubt that most Greek and Roman sculpture was at least partly painted and at times gil...

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Main Author:	Bente Kiilerich
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2016-12-01
Series:	Journal of Art Historiography
Subjects:	polychromy Greek sculpture Roman sculpture history of ancient art
Online Access:	https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/kiilerich.pdf

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spelling	doaj-ac26655ea61f4c158054fa3b29856dd82020-11-25T01:42:31ZengDepartment of Art History, University of BirminghamJournal of Art Historiography2042-47522016-12-011515BK1Towards a “Polychrome History” of Greek and Roman SculptureBente Kiilerich0University of BergenIn the early twenty-first century, the polychromy of ancient sculpture has been presented at many exhibitions and discussed in a large number of specialized publications. Scientific analysis has established beyond doubt that most Greek and Roman sculpture was at least partly painted and at times gilded; to some extent even bronzes were coloured. The results obtained by scientific and archaeological investigation should be further explored in art historical studies on perceptual, aesthetic and semantic aspects of sculptural polychromy. In fact, in light of important recent research, a whole new ‘polychrome history’ of Greek and Roman sculpture is warranted.https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/kiilerich.pdfpolychromyGreek sculptureRoman sculpturehistory of ancient art
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title	Towards a “Polychrome History” of Greek and Roman Sculpture
title_short	Towards a “Polychrome History” of Greek and Roman Sculpture
title_full	Towards a “Polychrome History” of Greek and Roman Sculpture
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publisher	Department of Art History, University of Birmingham
series	Journal of Art Historiography
issn	2042-4752
publishDate	2016-12-01
description	In the early twenty-first century, the polychromy of ancient sculpture has been presented at many exhibitions and discussed in a large number of specialized publications. Scientific analysis has established beyond doubt that most Greek and Roman sculpture was at least partly painted and at times gilded; to some extent even bronzes were coloured. The results obtained by scientific and archaeological investigation should be further explored in art historical studies on perceptual, aesthetic and semantic aspects of sculptural polychromy. In fact, in light of important recent research, a whole new ‘polychrome history’ of Greek and Roman sculpture is warranted.
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