The Colors of Antiquity. Proceedings of the 8th Round Table on the Polychromy of Ancient Sculpture and Architecture. Technè No. 48, 2019.
NMR| N° d'inventaire | 23229 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 157 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782111528314 |
Classical Antiquity continues to be dusted off, and one of the most exciting scholarly revolutions in this field involves a change of perspective that finally grants color the essential role it played in the artistic production of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman worlds. Issue 48 of Technè aims to contribute to this major rediscovery by publishing a rich thematic dossier on "The Colors of Antiquity," edited by Brigitte Bourgeois. The reader will find there the essential contributions presented during the 8th international round table on ancient polychromy (Paris, C2RMF, 2016), in which the best specialists in the discipline participated
The thirteen articles in the dossier explore in turn the quest for traces of color on Greek temples from the Archaic and Hellenistic periods, the coloring of marble sculpture or bronze statuary (without forgetting the delicate question of the colored restitution of works), or the most recent research on the "vanished art" of Greek painting, known by too rare remains such as the painted wooden panels found in the Pitsa cave or the limestone funerary steles painted by Greek artists from Hellenistic Alexandria. In this true ode to ancient color, richly illustrated, the reader will rediscover the approach dear to Technè, combining in an interdisciplinary manner archaeological, historical and scientific approaches to better illuminate the love of the Ancients for color and the beauty of their creations.
The two articles in the Varia section at the end of the volume broaden the theme covered by opening up perspectives towards the Egyptian world, with a study on the use of cobalt blue during the 18th century. dynasty, and towards the art of Gandhara, with an article on a painted stucco head of Buddha preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Classical Antiquity continues to be dusted off, and one of the most exciting scholarly revolutions in this field involves a change of perspective that finally grants color the essential role it played in the artistic production of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman worlds. Issue 48 of Technè aims to contribute to this major rediscovery by publishing a rich thematic dossier on "The Colors of Antiquity," edited by Brigitte Bourgeois. The reader will find there the essential contributions presented during the 8th international round table on ancient polychromy (Paris, C2RMF, 2016), in which the best specialists in the discipline participated
The thirteen articles in the dossier explore in turn the quest for traces of color on Greek temples from the Archaic and Hellenistic periods, the coloring of marble sculpture or bronze statuary (without forgetting the delicate question of the colored restitution of works), or the most recent research on the "vanished art" of Greek painting, known by too rare remains such as the painted wooden panels found in the Pitsa cave or the limestone funerary steles painted by Greek artists from Hellenistic Alexandria. In this true ode to ancient color, richly illustrated, the reader will rediscover the approach dear to Technè, combining in an interdisciplinary manner archaeological, historical and scientific approaches to better illuminate the love of the Ancients for color and the beauty of their creations.
The two articles in the Varia section at the end of the volume broaden the theme covered by opening up perspectives towards the Egyptian world, with a study on the use of cobalt blue during the 18th century. dynasty, and towards the art of Gandhara, with an article on a painted stucco head of Buddha preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum.