GODS IN COLOR POLYCHROMY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

When Renaissance artists sought to imitate ancient sculpture, their medium of choice was pure, white marble, but little did they kno w that the works they emulated were originally painted in dazzling and powerful hues-from red ocher and cinnabar to azurite and mala chite. By illustrating painted reconstructions of well-known sculptures in relation to original examples, this volume reveals how an cient artists in Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Aegean, Greece, and Rome brought unexpected and breathtaking color to their artworks. Accom panying ...[Read more]