AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL POLYCHROMY
Increasing scales of construction, reconstruction and major renovation work make it possible to develop a color image for the urban environment, apply an integrated approach to city colorscape treatment and harmonize the existing environment.
Dubov Igor A. +3 more
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Radiocarbon dating of lead white: novel application in the study of polychrome sculpture [PDF]
Recently, radiocarbon dating underwent considerable technological advances allowing unprecedented sample size downscaling. These achievements introduced novel opportunities in dating cultural heritage objects.
Sara Sá +3 more
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Polychromy in Ancient Greek Sculpture: New Scientific Research on an Attic Funerary Stele at the Metropolitan Museum of Art [PDF]
Polychromy in Ancient Greek Sculpture was the subject of the exhibition Chroma: Ancient Greek Sculpture in Color, held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), New York, in 2022–2023.
Elena Basso +2 more
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Couleurs et polychromie dans l’Antiquité [PDF]
The perception of a classical antiquity draped entirely in white that formed over time in Western imagination has petered out. Though the first discoveries relating to the polychromy of Greek and Roman art go back to the nineteenth century, especially in
Adeline Grand-Clément
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Unraveling the polychromy and antiquity of the Pachacamac Idol, Pacific coast, Peru. [PDF]
Sepúlveda M +7 more
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Couleurs du passé/Couleurs du présent. La polychromie d’architecture chez Viollet-le-Duc / Colours of the Past/ Colours of the Present. The Polychromy of the Architecture of Viollet-le-Duc [PDF]
Viollet-le-Duc has always been attentive to the polychromy of the medieval churches. This article proposes to dwell on the technique developed by the architect, with P. Mérimée and J.-B. Lassus, for the preservation and restoration of polychromy.
Arnaud Timbert
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Between colour and pattern: Ruskin’s ambivalent theory of constructional polychromy
John Ruskin offered an alternative paradigm to the debates on constructional polychromy in Victorian Britain. The paper considers the larger context of the debate and Ruskin’s place within it, which is that he favoured the decorative use of innate ...
Anuradha Chatterjee
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<p dir="ltr">This design thesis aims to challenge the western white architectural preference and chromophobia. This has stemmed from centuries of colour being demonised in art and design, while white has been idealised - a bias rooted in historic colour associations, and the misconception that ancient architecture was entirely white. As a result,
Sasha Matthews
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polychromy, architectural, Greek and Roman
The polychromy of Greek and Etrusco-Roman architecture comprises the chromatic effects and surface treatments of exterior façades and roofs, as well as interior floors, walls, and ceilings. Colour and/or contrasts of light and shadow are the basis for all architectural ornamentation.
Stephan Zink
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Les figurines de Tarse. Partie I. Contexte historique et spécificités techniques
On the site of Mount Gözlükule in Tarsus (Cilicia) were discovered since the middle of the 19th century more than 2000 figurines in contexts of houses, tombs and workshops.
Isabelle Hasselin Rous
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