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Between colour and pattern: Ruskin’s ambivalent theory of constructional polychromy
Interstices, 2017 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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Color and Light: A Hellenistic Terracotta Figurine of a Maenad from Myrina
Heritage, 2023 During the Hellenistic period and under the growing influence of the art of painting, the polychromy of Greek terracotta figurines focused not only on an elaborate rendering of color, but also on the interplay of light and shadow.
Brigitte Bourgeois +2 more
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Couleurs et polychromie dans l’Antiquité
Perspective, 2018 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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Heritage, 2023 A limestone relief fragment with a figure in a winged disk from the fifth-century BCE Hall of 100 Columns at Persepolis in southwestern Iran that entered the Harvard Art Museums’ collections in 1943 preserves significant traces of its original coloration
Susanne Ebbinghaus +4 more
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CHIMIA, 2001 An investigation of the polychromy of the Virgin with Child, dated 1170, from the collection of the Swiss National Museum, was carried out in the laboratory of conservation research at the Swiss National Museum in collaboration with the ETH ...
Marie Soares
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X-Ray Spectrometry, Volume 55, Issue 5, Page 763-777, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT Portable X‐ray computed tomography (portable CT) has become an important tool for the non‐destructive investigation of cultural heritage objects, particularly when in situ analysis is required. This work presents the experimental characterization and application of a transportable cone‐beam CT system designed for the inspection of large and ...
Anderson de Paula +7 more
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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives
Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 421-433, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori +10 more
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The Nike of Samothrace’s presences during the XX and XXI centuries: mysteries and victories
thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, 2021 Despite its fame, the Winged Victory of Samothrace keeps on fascinating not only every visitor of the Louvre museum, but also the eye of the connoisseur.
Élise Pampanay
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Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 512-526, June 2026.ABSTRACT Since 2000, archaeological excavations have brought to light the sanctuary of Athena in Castro (Apulia, Italy), including terracotta roofs dated between the 6th and 4th centuries bce. Based on their morphological and stylistic features, it is suggested that the terracotta items were manufactured in the Greek colony of Taras (modern Taranto ...
M. M. N. Franceschini +7 more
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The Deceptive Surface: Perception and Sculpture’s “Skin”
Images Re-Vues, 2017 In the eighteenth century, sculptors such as Antonio Canova often experimented with polychromy, using wax or grind water to subtly tint their figures’ flesh. In this article, I examine viewers’ discomfort with these surface treatments.
Christina Ferando
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