Roberta Panxanelli is a senior research specialist at the Getty Research Institute. Eike Smidt is associate curator of decorative arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Kenneth Lapatin is associate curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Fascinating. "Los Angeles Times""
The most successful and compelling effort yet to put sculptural
polychromy on the map." "Bryn Mawr Classical Review""
This catalogue accomplishes two objectives: it allows readers to
imagine much of the white statuary on display in museums as it
might have appeared before its coloring wore off or was stripped
off, and it sheds light on an overlooked tradition of polychromed
sculpture that runs through Western art. Recommended. "Choice""
"Fascinating."--"Los Angeles Times"
"The most successful and compelling effort yet to put sculptural
polychromy on the map."--"Bryn Mawr Classical Review"
"This catalogue accomplishes two objectives: it allows readers to
imagine much of the white statuary on display in museums as it
might have appeared before its coloring wore off or was stripped
off, and it sheds light on an overlooked tradition of polychromed
sculpture that runs through Western art. Recommended."--"Choice"
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