Facing the colours of Roman portraiture : exploring the materiality of ancient polychrome forms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skovmøller, Amalie.

Contributor:

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.

Series:

Image and Context Ser.

Image and Context Ser. ; v.19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portraits--Rome--History.

Portraits.

Polychromy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Prologue: From Reuterswärd to Bunte Götter

Introduction

Part 1: Painting the Portrait Body

Chapter 1: Marble Portraits from the Room of Fundilia

Chapter 2: Sculpting and Painting the Fundilia Portraits

Chapter 3: Marble and Textiles

Pigments and Dyes

Part 2: Painting the Portrait Head and Face

Chapter 4: Polychrome High-Gloss Polished Portraits from the Early Third Century CE

Chapter 5: Reconstructing the Painted Portrait of a Roman Youth

Chapter 6: Painting White Marble Skin

Chapter 7: Painting Replicas

Part 3: Painted Marble Portraits in Context

Chapter 8: Colours in Context

Chapter 9: Roman Sculptural Polychromy

Epilogue: Colour. And Now What?

Appendix

Research Strategies and Methodologies

Catalogue

Notes

Bibliography

List Of Figures

Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Skovmøller, Amalie Facing the Colours of Roman Portraiture : Exploring the Materiality of Ancient Polychrome Forms

ISBN:

9783110585520

3110585529

Publisher Number:

99986019037

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.