The study concentrates in particular on the art of imperial rome which at the present time is under represented in the field.
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This article explores the significance of paint and pigment traces for understanding the aesthetics and artistic composition of ancient marble architectural and statuary sculpture.
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Download citation the importance of colour on ancient marble sculpture this article explores the significance of paint and pigment traces for understanding the aesthetics and artistic.
Most people have an image of what sculptures from ancient greece look like.
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But the sculptures haven t always looked like that.
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.
They re marble white and they probably lack legs and arms.
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The book used for this course is gardner s art through the ages 15th.
They were once full of colour but after centuries in the soil their original appearance and their colours have vanished.