Polychroma. The Meaning of Colours in Roman Sculptures

Autore: Elisabetta Neri Editore: Silvana Editoriale Anno:2024 ISBN: 9788836656035 Collana: Bibliothèque d’histoire et d’archeologie Condizioni: COME NUOVO Categoria: ARTE, SCULTURA ID titolo:103465406 "Polychroma. The Meaning of Colours in Roman Sculptures" è in vendita da martedì 19 novembre 2024 alle 16:32 in provincia di Lecco

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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 programmes for thirty years. Within this field of study, the book focuses on the peculiarity of Roman imperial polychromy and its late developments (first century BC – sixth century AD) to investigate the technical features and the socio-cultural meaning of colours.
After an assessment of the studies on polychromy already carried out, this book presents the first results of the EU-MSCA-IF PolyCHRoMA project, which documented traces of colours not immediately visible (lost colours) through the physico-chemical analysis of a new corpus of sculptural and architectural elements from some major European and North African museums (Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire de Bruxelles, Musée royal de Mariemont, Musée départemental Arles antique, Musée Saint-Raymond de Toulouse, Museo Archeologico di Milano, Museo Nazionale e Museo Arcivescovile in Ravenna, Bardo National Museum and others Tunisian collections). The systematic chronological and contextual study of these traces, before time ensures the loss of colours, confirms that polychromy offers a new source for assessing the cultural meaning of colour at the turn of the first millennium.

Sommario
INTRODUCTION
Les recherches sur les polychromies des sculptures romaines et tardo-antiques : une entrée en matière
E. Neri
Les techniques d’analyses physico-chimiques des couleurs perdues
D. Strivay, E. Neri
1. HISTORIOGRAPHIES ET PERSPECTIVES DE RECHERCHE
Reflections on polychromy research since the 1980s: a Copenhagen angle
J. Stubbe Østergaard
The study of colour: convergence of methods and disciplines. Development perspectives
P. Liverani
Roman wall painting and the polychromy of ancient sculpture: reciprocal sources of information?
E.M. Moormann
La barbe bleue de Dionysos et autres dissonances visuelles. Hypothèses sur l’agissement des couleurs en contexte rituel
H. Bernier-Farella
Sculpture and Colour in Byzantium: Tradition and Novelties
S. Pedone
2. NOUVELLES ÉTUDES SUR LA POLYCHROMIE
La polychromie des sculptures du Musée national du Bardo : technique et aspect original. Une étude en cours
E. Neri, N. Nasr, F. Baratte, F. Béjaoui
Gilded Roman portraits from Carthage
E. Neri, F. Baratte, F. Béjaoui
Lost colours on fragments of painted statuettes from roman Dougga/Thugga: a preliminary analysis by video-microscopy
E. Neri, C. Damay, A. Riahi
Living with the divine: colours on some sculptures in the Royal Museums of Art and History (Brussels)
E. Neri, C. Evers, M. Souris, D. Strivay
Les couleurs de Sarapis. Étude d’un buste en marbre du Musée royal de Mariemont
R. Veymiers, N. Amoroso, E. Neri, D. Strivay
Colorer et entretenir la couleur : analyse du décor sculpté des autels du théâtre d’Arles
E. Neri, N. de Larquier, D. Strivay
Les statues romaines de Milan : premières traces des couleurs documentées en vidéo-microscopie
E. Neri, F. Sacchi
Les sculptures de la villa de Chiragan (Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse) : une première étude sur la polychromie
E. Neri, P. Capus, A. Dardenay, D. Strivay
Dorure et peintures sur les sarcophages chrétiens du Musée départemental de l’Arles Antique
E. Neri, S. Berraho, D. Strivay, N. de Larquier
Searching for lost colours in Late Antiquity: Milan and Ravenna
E. Neri, M.C. Carile
3. CONCLUSIONS
Synthèse préliminaire et perspectives de recherches
E. Neri
INDEX