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Towards a “Polychrome History” of Greek and Roman Sculpture [PDF]
Journal of Art Historiography, 2016 In the early twenty-first century, the polychromy of ancient sculpture has been presented at many exhibitions and discussed in a large number of specialized publications.
Bente Kiilerich
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Restoration of polychrome wood sculpture: a case study with highly weakened polychrome
6th International Meeting on Retouching of Cultural Heritage. RECH6, 2021 This article presents a case study of a polychrome wood carving sculpture representing Jesus Christ crucified. The piece belongs to the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Glória, located in the district of Ressaca/Carandaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was in a poor state of conservation, especially the very fragile polychrome, impairing the work. legibility. From
Leopaci, Juliana +2 more
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Química Nova, 2013 Making use of several analytical techniques, four erudite and four popular Portuguese baroque wooden sculptures were studied. The materials and techniques employed were identified and the relationship between their artistic quality and the materials used
Carolina Barata +5 more
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Saint John at Calvary: technical and material study of a polychrome wood sculpture
CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art, 2013 A polychrome wood sculpture depicting Saint John at Calvary, probably a 17th century Portuguese production, was the subject of a study that aimed to characterise its materials and techniques. Radiography, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy,
Helena Pereira
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Acta Academica, 2012 It is argued that the apparatus of western art history has been sharpened by the current media consciousness. Typical art historical tools are self-consciously harnessed in the process of scrutinising objects which resist and expand these methods and ...
Suzanne de Villiers-Human
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Interpreting an anomaly: the encounter of Olga Alice Nygren and Carl Axel Nordman with the crowned Saint Anne [PDF]
Journal of Art Historiography, 2020 The article concentrates on two Finnish medievalists, Carl Axel Nordman (1892–1972) and Olga Alice Nygren (1898–1981), and their interpretations of a late-medieval polychrome wood sculpture depicting the crowned Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child.
Elina Räsänen
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Making, Using, Disposing, Remaking…: Sacred Arts of Re-Creation in Southern Asia
Religions, 2022 For centuries, in the eastern Indian subcontinent, areas now in Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha, and Bihar, temporary polychrome terracruda (air-dried clay) figural images have been created for periodic pujas (rituals of worship ...
Susan S. Bean
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The triumphal cross of the cathedral of Nevers: painting technique and examination
Medievalista, 2019 The large polychrome wooden cross preserved in the Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte cathedral in Nevers was badly damaged during the bombing in July 1944. Restored and put on display on a modern cross in front of the choir, the sculpture suffered a new fall ...
Nadia Bertoni Cren, Stéphane Cren
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The Mesoamerican Ball Game: A Deadly Sport [PDF]
, 2018 My presentation is part of the research event “Bridging Cultures in Latin America: Maya and Colonial Heritage in Guatemala and Belize.” This work was conducted during the 2017 Maymester study abroad program in Central America with faculty from UT Austin ...
Cawthon, Rylie
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Heritage, 2023 Painting materials used in Spanish American Colonial art comprised pigments and binders from European origin as well as those that were already known in pre-Hispanic times.
Andrea De Haro +6 more
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