The Color of Ivory - Polychromy on Byzantine Ivories
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The Color of Ivory - Polychromy on Byzantine Ivories
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- avorio-per soggetto o tipologia-Bisanzio
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1 lingua: inglese Legat. edit. rigida con sovrac. illustrata, cm 26x20, pag. XII + 129, con 16 tavole a colori e 12 illustraz. in b.n. fuori testo - A cura di Carolyn L. Connor - Carolyn Connor shows here that Byzantine ivory carvings (often assumed to have been monochromatic) were originally brightly colored. Most ivories today show no obvious traces of paint or stain, and many scholars believe that the Byzantines preferred the aesthetic of ivory's natural, creamy color. However, Connor's close examination of one hundred Late Antique and Byzantine ivories reveals that artists frequently colored ivories in bright hues of red, blue, green, and gold - Ottimo stato.
