Polychroma: The Meaning of Colours in Roman Sculpture. Philosophie recherches sur les grandes civilisations

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Reading the plates in this atlas allows us to perceive the interplay of echoes between each building and to restore

Il dessine alors de très grands formats et utilise une vieille technique de la Renaissance négligée par les peintres actuel : la pointe d’argent

The fragmentary remains of this settlement consist of three groups of residential structures dominated by food storage and production areas

Polychroma: The Meaning of Colours in Roman Sculpture. Philosophie recherches sur les grandes civilisations"History and Archaeology Library" Collection. Long ignored, sometimes knowingly, since the idea of its presence went against the ideals of a white and pure ancient sculpture propagated post Winckelmann, the polychromy of classical and late sculpture and architecture has been the subject of important research programs for thirty years. Within this field of study, the book focuses on the peculiarity of Roman imperial polychromy and its late developments