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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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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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Looking at Colour on post-Antique Sculpture [PDF]
Journal of Art Historiography, 2011 Review of: Vinzenz Brinkmann, Oliver Primavesi, Max Hollein, (eds), Circumlitio. The Polychromy of Antique and Medieval Sculpture. Liebighaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main, 2010.
Jim Harris
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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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Revue Archéologique de l’Est, 2023 A fragment of a gallo-roman funerary stele, most likely from one of the necropolises of Les Bolards in Nuit-Saint-Georges (Côte-d’Or), or perhaps from Prémeaux (Côte-d’Or), has been found in the archaeological deposit of the site.
Marie-Anaïs Janin +3 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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Integration of Micro‐CT and XRF Mapping for Multimodal 3D Analysis of Polychrome Wooden Artifacts
X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past 5 years, computer applications have become crucial to archeological research. Since the 1990s, the focus has transitioned from data management tools to the development of virtual models. Recently, digital documentation of cultural heritage has gained considerable focus, with 3D modeling of objects.
Josiane E. Cavalcante +10 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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Polychromy in Modern Russian Sculpture [PDF]
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences, 2022 This publication analyzes the possibilities of using polychromy in the creative practice of Russian sculptors. The emphasis is on highlighting the main criteria for the use of color. Hermeneutical and analytical approaches are used in combination with induction and comparison.
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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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