Gods in color : polychromy in the ancient world / Vinzenz Brinkmann, Renée Dreyfus, and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, editors ; with contributions by John Camp, Heinrich Piening, Oliver Primavesi.

"This stunning book uses 21st-century technology to reveal the original colors of ancient sculpture. 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.) (Organizer, Host institution)
Other Authors: Brinkmann, Vinzenz (Editor)
Dreyfus, Renée (Editor)
Koch-Brinkmann, Ulrike (Editor)
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Munich ; New York : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor ; DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2017.
Subjects:
Polychromy > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, Classical > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, Ancient > Exhibitions.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
Polychromy.
Sculpture, Ancient.
Sculpture, Classical.
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Format: Book

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