POLYCHROME ANTIQUITY

Find here images and all kind of links connected to polychrome antiquity in the widest sense.

Apollo Figurine Meissen Porcelaine

Why We Need to Start Seeing the Classical World in Color

The equation of white marble with beauty is not an inherent truth of the universe; it’s a dangerous construct that continues to influence white supremacist ideas today.

by Sarah E. Bond

Bronze Statue of a Greek Hero, Reggio di Calabria (Riace A)

#politicalporticus

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Link: PHAROS Doing Justice to the Classics

Portrait of Caligula, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Kopenhagen (Variant A)

The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture

By Margaret Talbot

Cuirassed Torso from the Athenian Acropolis (Variant B)

Two reconstructions of the Caracalla Bust

Link: People of Color in European Art History

Colouring Athena

Link: Digitorial Bunte Götter

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Link: Ein Baumaterial mit Geschichte

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Garden Figure

Welt in Farbe - Farbfotografie vor 1915

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Von Amrai Coen, Malte Henk und Henning Sußebach

Link: Digital colourisation of 100 year old portraits

Warrior's Head from Aphaia Temple, Glyptothek Munich (Variant C)

Körper aus Wachs oder Pixel

Bavaria Statue in Munich

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