The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present

by Alex Potts, Vinzenz Brinkmann, Eike Schmidt, et al.

Book Overview

Ever since antiquity, sculptors have used colored materials and tints to give a lifelike quality to three-dimensional portraits and statues, yet the term "sculpture" tends to evoke images of white marble. This is the first comprehensive study to examine a broad historical range of sculptors' use of polychromy to enliven figural works. This important volume presents five essays on polychromy in Classical Greek through contemporary sculpture, along...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892369183
• ISBN13: 9780892369188
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Trust Publications
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.9"