Polychrome Sculpture
Polychrome Sculpture

Author: Johannes Taubert

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2016-02-15

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1606064339

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In the decades since its initial publication in German in 1978, Polychrome Sculpture has come to be widely regarded as a watershed text on the making and meaning of European medieval and Baroque painted wood sculpture. An early proponent of interdisciplinary research, Johannes Taubert played a pioneering role in combining the rigorous scientific analysis of materials with a fuller understanding of form and function, an approach that has led to the development of technical art history as practiced today. Many of the essays in this volume apply such scientific techniques as microscopic analysis to an art-historical understanding of Romanesque and late Gothic wood sculpture, revealing that, far from serving a merely decorative function, the painted surface of these works was intricately connected to their meaning. The paint layers on the sculptures, for example, which the author spent years documenting through close examination and analysis, were intended to impart a heightened sense of reality to the life-sized sculptures, thereby enhancing the viewer’s experience of worship. Taubert believed it was crucial for conservators to understand this context before undertaking any treatments. No other book offers such a focused, subtle, and interdisciplinary examination of the subject as Polychrome Sculpture. This influential work is now available in English for the first time, in a meticulous translation enhanced and updated by new color illustrations, annotations to the original text, and a new introduction.

The Conservation of Medieval Polychrome Wood Sculpture
The Conservation of Medieval Polychrome Wood Sculpture

Author: Michele D. Marincola

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1606066552

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The first English-language book to comprehensively discuss the history and methodology of conserving medieval polychrome wood sculpture. Medieval polychrome wood sculptures are highly complex objects, bearers of histories that begin with their original carving and adornment and continue through long centuries of repainting, deterioration, restoration, and conservation. Abundantly illustrated, this book is the first in English to offer a comprehensive overview of the conservation of medieval painted wood sculpture for conservators, curators, and others charged with their care. Beginning with an illuminating discussion of the history, techniques, and meanings of these works, it continues with their examination and documentation, including chapters on the identification of both the wooden support and the polychromy itself—the paint layers, metal leaf, and other materials used for these sculptures. The volume also covers the many aspects of treatment: the process of determining the best approach; consolidation and adhesion of paint, ground, and support; overpaint removal and surface cleaning; and compensation. Four case studies on artworks in the collection of The Cloisters in New York, a comprehensive bibliography, and a checklist to aid in documentation complement the text.

The Color of Life
The Color of Life

Author: J. Paul Getty Museum

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780892369188

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There has been a persistent tradition of enlivening sculptures with color. This book presents five essays on polychromy in classical Greek through contemporary sculpture, along with discussions of over 40 extraordinary polychrome sculptures.

Gods in Color
Gods in Color

Author: Vinzenz Brinkmann

Publisher: Prestel

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783791357072

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ForewordMAX HOLLEINESSAYSA HISTORY OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP ON THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT SCULPTUREVINZENZ BRINKMANNON THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT SCULPTUREVINZENZ. BRINKMANN AND ULRIKE KOCH-BRINKMANNREDISCOVERING COLORPolychrome Art from Ancient Egypt and the Near EastRENÉE DREYFUSESSAYSTHE DISCOVERY OF THE POLYCHROMY OF ANCIENT GREEK SCULPTUREWinckelmann's Research on Statues and TextsOLIVER PRIMAVESICOLOR AND LIGHTDodwell and Pomardi in GreeceJOHN CAMP.ANCIENT PAINTS AND.PAINTING TECHNIQUES Methods of InvestigationVINZENZ BRINKMANN, ULRIKE KOCH-BRINKMANN, AND HEINRICH PIENINGCATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITIONBibliographyAcknowledgmentsMAX HOLLEINPhotography Credits.

The Sacred Made Real
The Sacred Made Real

Author: Xavier Bray

Publisher: National Gallery London

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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"This text reappraises an art form crucial to the development of Spanish art. In 16th and 17th-century Spain, sculptors worked in a unique relationship with painters, combining their skills to depict, with astonishing realism, the great religious themes"--OCLC

Circumlitio
Circumlitio

Author: V. Brinkmann (ed.)

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783777428710

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Scholars around the world are researching the degree to which colour was employed in classical and medieval sculpture. Their numerous activities and projects were most recently presented and debated at an international colloquium held in the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung in Frankfurt. The current contributions of 20 internationally known scholars are brought together in this richly illustrated book in English. Among specialists, the educated layperson's ideal of an antiquity in shining white marble has long since been dismissed as an historical error. The classical and medieval reality of coloured sculpture is now regarded as an incontrovertible fact. As long ago as the early 19th century, statues with remains of their original paint were not only discovered in Greece, but news of them was published. In the 20th century, these discoveries were at first neglected. However the work done by a team under the archeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann, resulting in an exhibition shown worldwide since 2003 entitled"Gods in Colour", has put new life into this research and literally changed the way we see Antiquity. The extent of this revolution is graphically captured by the present volume with articles ranging from the controversial history of this research to the current state of the art of reconstructing historical painting techniques and the latest scientific methods of analyzing material residues. It culminates in the changes in the perception and significance of sculpture brought about by colour. With illustrations and commentary on numerous examples of ancient and medieval works, this volume unfolds a rich panorama of polychrome statuary on the basis of the latest research results.

Polychrome Art in the Early Modern World
Polychrome Art in the Early Modern World

Author: Ilenia Colón Mendoza

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-07-04

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1040043348

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This book focuses on the techniques and materials of polychromy used in early modern Europe and the Americas from 1200 to 1800. Taking a trans-cultural approach, the book studies the production of polychrome sculptures, panels, and altarpieces, as well as colored terracotta. The book includes chapters on treatises and contracts that reveal specific use of pigments, distribution of workshops, collaborations between specialized artists, and artistic programs centered on the use of color as an agent. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, art conservation, early modern history, sculpture, colonialism, material culture, and European studies.

Paint and Piety
Paint and Piety

Author: Noëlle L. W. Streeton

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781909492103

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Papers presented at a small, two-day forum in 2010, at the University of Olso. Participants from across Europe and the United States participated.

Painted Wood
Painted Wood

Author: Valerie Dorge

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1998-08-27

Total Pages: 549

ISBN-13: 0892365013

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The function of the painted wooden object ranges from the practical to the profound. These objects may perform utilitarian tasks, convey artistic whimsy, connote noble aspirations, and embody the highest spiritual expressions. This volume, illustrated in color throughout, presents the proceedings of a conference organized by the Wooden Artifacts Group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) and held in November 1994 at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia. The book includes 40 articles that explore the history and conservation of a wide range of painted wooden objects, from polychrome sculpture and altarpieces to carousel horses, tobacconist figures, Native American totems, Victorian garden furniture, French cabinets, architectural elements, and horse-drawn carriages. Contributors include Ian C. Bristow, an architect and historic-building consultant in London; Myriam Serck-Dewaide, head of the Sculpture Workshop, Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels; and Frances Gruber Safford, associate curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A broad range of professionals—including art historians, curators, scientists, and conservators—will be interested in this volume and in the multidisciplinary nature of its articles.