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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skovmøller, Amalie, author.

Series:

Image & context ; 19.

Image & context, 18684777 ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portraits--History--Rome.

Portraits.

Polychromy.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 361 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2020]

Summary:

The fact that most ancient marble portraits were once intentionally polychrome has always been lurking at the corners of art historical and archaeological research. Despite the fact, that the colours of the sculpted forms completed, enhanced and even extended the plastic shapes, the topic has not been devoted much dedicated attention. This book represents the first full-length academic monograph which explores the original polychromy of Roman white marble portraiture. It presents results from scientific analysis of portraits in statuary and bust formats dating to the first three centuries CE. The book also explores the cultural and social significance of colours in their original contexts, and how the immaterial affects of the polychrome, three-dimensional images can be integrated into the traditional research into ancient portraiture, which has tended to place overwhelming emphasis on iconography, typology and biography. By doing so the ancient sculpted marble form, as we know it, will be exposed and confronted, and the impact of manipulated material effects, that were meant to evoke a broad range of multisensory experiences, will be emphasized. The book puts forth a new way of analysis to be tested and developed in the future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Prologue: From Reuterswärd to Bunte Götter

Introduction

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

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

Chapter 8: Colours in Context

Chapter 9: Roman Sculptural Polychromy

Epilogue: Colour. And Now What?

Research Strategies and Methodologies

Catalogue

Notes

Bibliography

List Of Figures

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

3110583801

9783110583809

9783110585520

3110585529

OCLC:

1193128833