Ever since antiquity, sculptors have used colored materials and tints to give a lifelike quality to three-dimensional portraits and statues, yet the term sculpture tends to evoke images of white marble. This is the first comprehensive study to examine a broad historical range of sculptors use of polychromy to enliven figural works. This important volume presents five essays on polychromy in Classical Greek through contemporary sculpture, along with individual discussions of over forty extraordinary works, from Old Kingdom ...
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Ever since antiquity, sculptors have used colored materials and tints to give a lifelike quality to three-dimensional portraits and statues, yet the term sculpture tends to evoke images of white marble. This is the first comprehensive study to examine a broad historical range of sculptors use of polychromy to enliven figural works. This important volume presents five essays on polychromy in Classical Greek through contemporary sculpture, along with individual discussions of over forty extraordinary works, from Old Kingdom Egypt to the present day, including sculptures whose polychromy has only been recently discovered, analyzed, or reconstructed through advanced technical evaluation. Published to coincide with an exhibition on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa from March 6 to June 23, 2008, this catalogue introduces the art lover and specialist alike to many unfamiliar concepts and masterpieces of an alternative history of sculpture. The works are presented not chronologically but in pairings and sequences that inspire insightful connections, tracing aspects of the impulse that through the ages has inspired sculptors to endow otherwise monochrome figures with the color of life."
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Near fine. Color illustrations throughout. 186 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, (2008). First edition. Corners a touch bumped, still a near fine copy. Contains essays by Vinzenz Brinkman, Jan Stubbe Ostergaard, Marco Collareta and Alex Potts.
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Very Good; Softcover; Covers are still glossy; Unblemished textblock edges; Gift inscription inside the front cover (appears to be signed by Roberta Pazanelli); Text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75"-12.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Colored statue to the cover with title in yellow lettering; 2008, Oxford University Press; 256 pages; "The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present, " by Roberta Pazanelli, et al.
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Good+; Softcover; Clean covers with minor edgewear; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; Good binding; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75"-12.75" tall); Colored statue to the cover with title in yellow lettering; 2008, Oxford University Press; 256 pages; "The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present, " by Roberta Pazanelli, et al.
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New. 0892369183. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--200 pages; 166 color and 10 b/w illustrations. Description: "--------------------------------------- Cart Irises Scarf $65.00 Sunprint Plates $8.95 Each------------------------------------ Title The J. Paul Getty Handbook of the Collections $16.95 The Color of Life Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the PresentAuthor: Edited by Roberta Panzanelli with Eike Schmidt and Kenneth LapatinEssays by Vinzenz Brinkmann, Jan Stubbe Østergaard, Marco Collareta, and Alex PottsYear: 2008Details: 200 pages9 x 12 inches166 color and 10 b/w illustrationspaperbackPublisher: Getty Publications Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum Item# 978-0-89236-918-8$49.95 $39.96 "The most successful and compelling effort yet to put sculptural polychromy on the map...Extraordinary tour de force. Beautifully illustrated...Some of the best images publicly available for the study of polychrome sculpture." Bryn Mawr Classical Review Ever since antiquity, sculptors have used colored materials and tints to give a lifelike quality to three-dimensional portraits and statues, yet the term "sculpture" tends to evoke images of white marble. This is the first comprehensive study to examine a broad historical range of sculptors' use of polychromy to enliven figural works. This important volume presents five essays on polychromy in Classical Greek through contemporary sculpture, along with individual discussions of over forty extraordinary works, from Old Kingdom Egypt to the present day, including sculptures whose polychromy has only been recently discovered, analyzed, or reconstructed through advanced technical evaluation. Published to coincide with an exhibition on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa from March 6 to June 23, 2008, this catalogue introduces the art lover and specialist alike to many unfamiliar concepts and masterpieces of an alternative history of sculpture. The works are presented not chronologically but in pairings and sequences that inspire insightful connections, tracing aspects of the impulse that through the ages has inspired sculptors to endow otherwise monochrome figures with the color of life."--with a bonus offer--
