The color of life : polychromy in sculpture from antiquity to the present
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The color of life : polychromy in sculpture from antiquity to the present
J. Paul Getty Museum : Getty Research Institute, c2008
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"This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition The Color of Life, held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, from March 6 to June 23, 2008."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-180) and index
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ISBN 9780892369171
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Ever since antiquity, sculptors have used colored materials and tints to give a lifelike quality to three-dimensional portraits and statues, yet the term "sculpture" tends to evoke images of white marble. This is the first comprehensive study to examine a broad historical range of sculptors' use of polychromy to enliven figural works. This important volume presents five essays on polychromy in Classical Greek through contemporary sculpture, along with individual discussions of over forty extraordinary works, from Old Kingdom Egypt to the present day--including sculptures whose polychromy has only been recently discovered, analyzed, or reconstructed through advanced technical evaluation.
Published to coincide with an exhibition on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa from March 6 to June 23, 2008, this catalogue introduces the art lover and specialist alike to many unfamiliar concepts and masterpieces of an alternative history of sculpture. The works are presented not chronologically but in pairings and sequences that inspire insightful connections, tracing aspects of the impulse that through the ages has inspired sculptors to endow otherwise monochrome figures with the color of life.
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: pbk ISBN 9780892369188
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This is the first comprehensive examination of an historical range of sculptors' use of polychromy to enliven figural works. Ever since antiquity, sculptors have used coloured materials and tints to give a lifelike quality to three-dimensional portraits and statues, yet the term 'sculpture' tends to evoke images of white marble.This is the first comprehensive study to examine a broad historical range of sculptors' use of polychromy to enliven figural works. This important volume presents five essays on polychromy in Classical Greece through contemporary sculpture, along with individual discussions of over forty extraordinary works, from Old Kingdom Egypt to the present day, including sculptures whose polychromy has only recently been discovered, analysed, or reconstructed through advanced technical evaluation.
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