"Reconstructions of Roman Polychrome Architecture: Evidence, Ideal, and Ideology."
Stephan Zink
in Elisha Ann Dumser, and Dorian Borbonus (eds),Building the Classical World: Bauforschung as a Contemporary Approach(New York,2022;online edn,Oxford Academic, 23 June 2022),https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190690526.003.0014
"Sensuous encounters: The adornment of cult statues in ancient Greece."
Cecilie Brøns
in Tomás García, J., & Sáenz-López Pérez, S. (eds.). (2022). Iconotropy and Cult Images from the Ancient to Modern World (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 14-35.
This chapter examines the various evidence for the different forms of embellishment of ancient Greek cult images: their original polychromy, attachments such as metal ornaments, jewellery, and inlays, the use of textiles for dressing them, and treatments with waxes, oils and perfumes.
"An Insight into Gandharan Art: Materials and Techniques of Polychrome Decoration"
Anna Lluveras-Tenorio, Alessia Andreotti, Fabio Talarico, Stefano Legnaioli, Luca M. Olivieri, Maria Perla Colombini , Ilaria Bonaduce and Simona Pannuzi
"Microscopic-Scale Examination of the Black and Orange–Yellow Colours of Architectural Glazes from Aššur, Khorsabad and Babylon in Ancient Mesopotamia"
Fanny Alloteau, Odile Majérus, Floriane Gerony, Anne Bouquillon, Christel Doublet, Helen Gries, Anja Fügert, Ariane Thomas, and Gilles Wallez.
"Seeing Color in Classical Art: Theory, Practice, and Reception, from Antiquity to the Present"
Jennifer M. S. Stager
Published by Cambridge University Press
The remains of ancient Mediterranean art and architecture that have survived over the centuries present the modern viewer with images of white, the colour of the stone often used for sculpture. Antiquarian debates and recent scholarship, however, have challenged this aspect of ancient sculpture. There is now a consensus that sculpture produced in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as art objects in other media, were, in fact, polychromatic. Colour has consequently become one of the most important issues in the study of classical art. Jennifer Stager's landmark book makes a vital contribution to this discussion. Analyzing the dyes, pigments, stones, earth, and metals found in ancient art works, along with the language that writers in antiquity used to describe colour, she examines the traces of colour in a variety of media. Stager also discusses the significance of a reception history that has emphasized whiteness, revealing how ancient artistic practice and ancient philosophies of colour significantly influenced one another.
Die Suche nach einem angemessenen Bild der Geschichte: Re-Inszenierung und Rekonstruktion der Antike in Schrift, Form und Farbe von J. J. Winckelmann bis heute.
[The search for an appropriate picture of history: re-enactment and reconstruction of antiquity in writing, form and colour from J. J. Winckelmann to the present day.]
Katharina Mann
Published by De Gruyter
The publication focuses on the relationship between needs-oriented images of history and the adoption of historical artistic styles. The congruence of re-enactment or reconstruction and the collective desire for a representative image of their own past is analyzed with respect to the interaction between zeitgeist, influential protagonists, and historicizing ideologies. Critical light is shed on various dogmas, such as the idea of a beautifully white antiquity, which still has an effect on our contemporary imagination. Even though color reconstructions can help us re-examine our aesthetic perceptions, it is still unclear whether and how we want to work with preconceived notions in the context of new societal challenges.
"The Polychromy of Etruscan Sculpture on the basis of selected objects from European Museums" (Doctoral Thesis)
Julia Großekathöfer
Published by Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
This publication is based on the visual examination and photographic documentation of more than seventy-five exemplary Etruscan objects. This alone gives the reader a first insight into the aesthetic and narrative functions of colour in Etruscan sculpture. The text section focuses on the evaluation of the material, while the catalog illustrates the description of the objects. Finally, a tabular overview provides the basis for determining more precisely the painting technique of an Etruscan object in its dependence on form and time.
Dr Großekathöfer obtained her doctorate on 22 July 2016 and is currently doing a scientific traineeship - in addition to her work as a museum educator - at the LWL-Römermuseum Haltern am See.
Editors: Cecilie Brøns, Susanna Harris, Marta Żuchowska
Published by Oxbow Books.
This volume provides an ambitious synopsis of the complex, colourful world of textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography. A wealth of information on ancient textiles is available from depictions such as sculpture, vase painting, figurines, reliefs and mosaics. Includes several chapters on polychromy in ancient sculpture.
