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      ConservationCultural Heritage ConservationArchaelogyPolychromy in Ancient Art
Die Summerschool fand wie das Kolloquium “Umgang mit Antike(n)” [TAF 19] in Zusammenhang mit einer vom 11.4.14-15.01.15 im Rittersaal von Schloß Hohentübingen gezeigten Sonderausstellung statt, die diesmal dem Thema “Bunte Götter. Die... more
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      ArchaeologySculptureGreek ArchaeologyAncient Greek and Roman Art
This book presents a new study of Greek large-scale bronze statuary of the late Archaic and Classical periods. It examines the discovery, origin, style, date, artistic attribution, identification, and interpretation of the surviving... more
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      ArchaeologyClassical ArchaeologyMaritime ArchaeologyClassics
I mere end 10 år har Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek udført forskning i antikkens polykromi, dvs. antikkens farvebrug. Museet har i denne periode søsat to store forskningsprojekter Tracking Colour (2008–2013) og Transmission and Transforma- tion... more
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      ColoursPolychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
Although research into the nature of painted marble sculptures has progressed immensely aided by the development of modern technology, the ongoing debate over the visual purposes of sculpted marble skin remains very much influenced by... more
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      Ancient Greek and Roman ArtPolychromy in Ancient ArtGreek and Roman PortraiturePolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
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      Heritage ConservationPicture Frames, Gilding and Polychrome SurfacesPolychromy of Ancient SculptureHistoric Interiors
The present article explores mainly three aspects. First, the complete analysis of the remaining 13th century polychromy of the Royal portal of the cathedral of Bordeaux. Second, the reconstruction of the initial colouring of the tympanum... more
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      Art ConservationMedieval ArtMedieval Sculpture (XIII-XVth Century)ESCULTURA
Nul ne doute plus aujourd'hui du rôle majeur qu'ont joué les couleurs et l'or dans la structuration des sociétés grecques antiques, au long des siècles. Tout suggère une passion grecque pour la couleur étendue à tout type de production... more
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      3D Modelling (Architecture)Hellenistic DelosHellenistic Sculpture3d Reconstructions in Archaeology
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      Ancient Greek ReligionAncient Greek HistoryHellenistic DelosPolychromy in Ancient Art
The Royal portal of the cathedral of Bordeaux. Rediscovery of a masterpiece. Inaccessible behind iron grids during several decades and blackened by pollution, the Royal portal of the cathedral of Bordeaux has recently been restored and... more
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      Cathedrals (Medieval Studies)Science for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural HeritageCommunication ScienceRestauration and Conservation
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      History of Science and TechnologyArtLiteratureScience
Zusammenfassung: Die Toga wird als eines der symbolträchtigsten Klei- dungsstücke der Antike betrachtet. Wir kennen sie vor allem von Bildern und aus Schriftquellen. Ausgehend von diesem allerdings ziemlich lückenhaften... more
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      Ancient TextilesRoman IconographyPolychromy in Ancient ArtRoman Sculpture
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      Polychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient SculptureAncient Greek and Roman Polychromy
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      Polychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient SculptureKlasik ArkeolojiArkaik Dönem Heykel Sanatı
The gypsum figure from the so-called Isis Tomb at Vulci (Italy) represents a woman or goddess with one hand extended to give or receive an offering (British Museum 1850,0227.1). Dating probably to about 575–550 bc, the figure wears a long... more
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      Etruscan ArchaeologyPolychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient SculptureSculptural polychromy
Ancient and medieval sculpture was normally painted and at times gilded. Today most of the original paint is lost, but scientific methods have made it possible to trace even slight remains of paint no longer visible to the naked eye.... more
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      Art HistoryHistory of SculptureHistory of ArtHistoriography (in Art History)
The church of St. Peter the Great was built within the walls of the part of the city which also got its name from the church. It was the citiy's oldest cathedral, corroborated by the archbishop's palace adjacent to it until the middle of... more
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      ArchaeologyHeritage ConservationMedieval ArchaeologyEarly Medieval Sculpture (Archaeology)
In Roman culture not always the colour of the marbles was the unique characterizing element: with a few exception their names allude to their geographical provenance and the texture and brilliance was also very important. Only in later... more
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      Polychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient SculptureAntique MarblesArchitectural Polychromy
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      Early Medieval ArchaeologyEarly Medieval ArtPolychromy in Ancient ArtSpolia
This chapter explores the use of color and gilding on Achaemenid sculpture and architectural relief. The analytical methods used to detect microscopic traces of pigment and to analyze the composition of ancient pigments are described, as... more
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      TechnologyHistoriographyAchaemenid HistoryPolychromy in Ancient Art
La búsqueda del realismo-naturalista (fenomenológico) a través de la policromía de las producciones escultóricas marmóreas de época clásica implicaba la aplicación de diferentes capas de pintura, mediante conocidos procedimientos y... more
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      RealismPainting techniquesPolychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
This thesis examines the perception of polychromy in Greek sculptures over different periods by using archaeological and art historical data. To examine the usage of polychromy in Antiquity, ancient sources and technological methods have... more
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      PolychromyPolychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient SculptureSculptural polychromy
proceedings of the conference about the sculpural polychromy of Roman times held in Florence
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      Polychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient SculptureSculptural polychromy
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      Cultural Heritage ConservationArchaeometryPolychromy in Ancient ArtRoman Sculpture
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      Medieval Sculpture (XIII-XVth Century)Polychromy in Ancient ArtGothic ArtPolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
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      ArchaeometryPolychromy in Ancient ArtRoman SculpturePolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
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      Byzantine StudiesCoptic StudiesLate AntiquityPolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
Methodological observations about the reconstruction of ancient sculptural polychromy on the basis of the comparison between different reconstructions of the Prima Porta Augustus with preliminary report about the results of a new... more
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      Roman SculpturePolychromy of Ancient SculptureSculptural polychromy
Polychromy of Hellenistic Sculptures (and Terracotta Figurines). Die Polychromie antiker Skulpturen stellt auf dem internationalen Parkett der Altertumswissenschaftler ein sich rege entwickelndes und stetig wachsendes Forschungsgebiet... more
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      Polychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient SculptureSculptural polychromy
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      Ancient Greek and Roman ArtHellenistic EgyptPolychromy in Ancient ArtPolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
Nul ne doute plus aujourd'hui du rôle majeur qu'ont joué les couleurs et l'or dans la structuration des sociétés grecques antiques, au long des siècles. Tout suggère une passion grecque pour la couleur étendue à tout type de production... more
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      Hellenistic DelosColour and LightPolychromy in Ancient Art3d Modeling
Nuestra propuesta de la policromía del Augusto de la Prima Porta ha consistido en una investigación previa y una puesta en práctica posterior sobre una reproducción de la escultura a tamaño real, basadas ambas en un enfoque procedimental... more
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      Polychromy in Ancient ArtRoman SculpturePolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
The current study is the first comprehensive investigation of the polychromy of Palmyrene funerary portraits. It presents the technical examinations of six portraits (ca. 150–250 CE) from the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek,... more
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      Palmyra, SyriaPolychromy in Ancient ArtAncient Pigments AnalysisRoman Art
La policromia delle opere scultoree ed architettoniche antiche appare nella letteratura scientifica contemporanea come un dato trascurabile, neutrale, relegato a margine nell’interpretazione storico-artistica ed archeologica.... more
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      Polychromy in Ancient ArtGreek and Roman Art and ArchitectureCultural history of the Ancient worldRoman Art
Reflectance and luminescence imaging in the ultraviolet (UV), visible and infrared (IR) regions are relatively straightforward non-invasive, non-contact investigative techniques that can provide spatial information on the presence of... more
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      Multispectral ImagingMultispectral & Hyperspectral Images ClassificationPolychromy in Ancient ArtUltraviolet photography
In 1928 the French archaeological mission's excavations at Arslan Tash directed by F. Thureau-Dangin discovered a collection of fine ivories in the appropriately named 'Bâtiment aux ivoires'. This collection is now shared between the... more
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      1st Millennium BC (Archaeology)LuxuryColour and LightPolychromy in Ancient Art
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      Greek ArchaeologyAncient Greek and Roman ArtGreek SculptureAdolf Furtwängler
La thérapéia des sculptures en Grèce ancienne : le témoignage des sources textuelles Evridiki Leka Evridiki Leka, conservateur, collection des sculptures, Musée National Archéologique, Athènes ([email protected]). The therapeia of... more
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      Greek SculpturePolychromy in Ancient ArtRestauration and ConservationClassical Archaeology, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Restoration
Virtual Reality: Color Reconstruction on 3D-Models The originally polychrome figures in the tomb complex of the first Chinese emperor Qin Shihuangdi show hardly any color today. Therefore the motive for this project was to demonstrate... more
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      3D Laser scanning (Architecture)3D Modelling (Architecture)GeneralMuseum environment
This paper deals with the polychromy of Hellenistic sculptures., with their general appearance as well as with particular information added to the sculptures by the colouration and attriubtes in other materials.
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      Greek SculpturePolychromy in Ancient ArtRoman SculptureArt Conservation, Technical Art History, Medieval Polychromy
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      Art HistoryEarly Medieval ArchaeologyFashion HistorySculpture
The Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity is a worldwide group of scholars whose interests relate not only to the study of the use of decorative and building stones in the ancient world, their conservation,... more
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      Colour TheoryAncient QuarryingMarblesPolychromy in Ancient Art
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      Hellenistic HistoryAncient Greek ReligionGreek SculptureMarbles
Résumé : Acquis en 1905 par G. Bénédite sur le marché des antiquités d’Égypte et sans provenance connue, le buste en calcaire d’Akhénaton aujourd’hui conservé au musée du Louvre (sous le numéro d’inventaire E 11076) est un chef-d’œuvre de... more
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      Amarna StudiesPolychromy in Ancient Art3d Reconstructions in Archaeology3d Modeling
Abstract. The article tackles a well-known theme – the rediscovery of the polychromy of ancient sculpture at the end of the Age of Enlightenment – from a new angle, which combines the history of our knowledge of the Antique with the... more
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      Cultural HistoryCultural Heritage ConservationGreek SculptureHistory of Conservation and Restoration
In this article the first results of my investigation of inlaid eyes are given. That this technique is an aspect of polychromy has so far never been discussed thoroughly. To find out more about the antique techniques, I investigated the... more
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      Greek ArchaeologyPolychromy of Ancient SculptureRoman Archaeology
Gleaming White, this is how we see the marble sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome in museums today. However, they were not white in antiquity but colored and therefore unaccustomedly vibrant to our eyes.
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      Polychromy of Ancient SculptureRoman ArchaeologyOnline Exhibitionancient Greek and Roman sculpture
POSSIBLE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE POLYCHROMY ON ANCIENT SCULPTURES
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      Polychromy in Ancient ArtBritish Museum3d ModellingPolychromy of Ancient Sculpture
The twenty-first century has witnessed a growing interest in antique and medieval polychromy. By now it is generally acknowledged that colour is an integral part of their sculpture. In the present special issue of CLARA, scholars from... more
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      Material Culture StudiesVisual CulturePolychromy of Ancient SculptureMedieval Polychromy
The article discusses the material and aesthetic qualities of the female stucco saints in the Tempietto Longobardo at Cividale del Friuli (c. AD 750). The stuccoes combine two artistic and technical traditions: marble statuary of antique... more
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      Art HistoryMaterial Culture StudiesEarly Medieval ArchaeologyMedieval Art