Portraits and Colour-codes in ancient Rome: The Polychromy of white marble Portraits
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- Ph.d. 2016 Skovmoeller
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- Ph.d. 2016 Skovmoeller appendices
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The polychromy of ancient white marble sculpture has for the last 20 years become a focus of international
awareness; from academics and the general public alike. Research results are gathered from scientific
examinations of the “white” marbles, which unit
e museums and universities in ambitious, cross
-
disciplinary
projects all over the world. Yet, the research into ancient sculptural polychromy struggles with being
accepted as an integrated part of
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and not just curious contribution to
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archaeological studies. Finding a
common theoretical and methodological ground in this rapidly expanding research remains largely
uncharged territory.
This thesis tackles a yet unexplored area within this research field: the polychromy of Roman white marble
portraiture. In the thesis results from examinations of 15 portraits from the collections of the Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek are presented,
analysed
, reco
nstructed and discussed in detail. The thesis seeks to merge the
results from scientific examinations with the archaeological and art historical research tradition into ancient
portraiture. By doing so it represents the first book-length contribution in English that engages with the
many controversial issues of colour on sculptural marble form, and which seeks to establish polychromy
research in general within a traditional archaeological research field.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Forlag | Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet |
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Antal sider | 502 |
Status | Udgivet - 2016 |
Bibliografisk note
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Note vedr. afhandling
Forsvaret 26. februar 2016
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