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Gods in Color

Polychromy in the Ancient World


  • Prestel
  • Expo: 28/10/2017 - 07/01/2018, Legion of Honor, San Francisco
  • by Vinzenz Brinkmann, Renee Dreyfus & Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann
When Renaissance artists sought to imitate ancient sculpture, their medium of choice was pure, white marble, but little did they know that the works they emulated were originally painted in dazzling and powerful hues-from red ocher and cinnabar to azurite and malachite.

ISBN 9783791357072 | E | HB
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Publisher Prestel
ISBN 9783791357072
Author(s) Vinzenz Brinkmann, Renee Dreyfus & Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann
Publication date November 2017
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 280 x 240 mm
Illustrations 120 col.ill.
Pages 240
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Exhibition Legion of Honor, San Francisco
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When Renaissance artists sought to imitate ancient sculpture, their medium of choice was pure, white marble, but little did they know that the works they emulated were originally painted in dazzling and powerful hues-from red ocher and cinnabar to azurite and malachite. By illustrating painted reconstructions of well-known sculptures in relation to original examples, this volume reveals how ancient artists in Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Aegean, Greece, and Rome brought unexpected and breathtaking color to their artworks. Accompanying these reproductions are watercolors of Greece's landscapes dating from different years, which show how our perception of ancient art has changed over time. Generously illustrated, this book testifies that the study of ancient sculpture is incomplete without an understanding of the many ways that color was employed to bring such art to life.

Gods in Color

Gods in Color

€41.50