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r/GreekPolychromy

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A community dedicated to and about the art and practice of painting sculpture and architecture in ancient Greece and its influence in subsequent periods. Polychromy is used in reference to the painting of objects and can refer to either the surface effects of the natural color of a material or to the application of a coating to a material (such as paint).

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Welcome to r/GreekPolychromy!
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Polychromy Chat & Discussion
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Preview thumbnail for Head of a youth, Attic, c.450 BC, marble from Paros. Acropolis Museum. image
Head of a youth, Attic, c.450 BC, marble from Paros. Acropolis Museum.
Greek/Roman
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Preview thumbnail for Part of a statue of Athena, Archaic, c. 500 BC, marble from Paros. Acropolis Museum. image
Part of a statue of Athena, Archaic, c. 500 BC, marble from Paros. Acropolis Museum.
Greek/Roman
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Preview thumbnail for Statue of a scribe, Attic, c. 510-500 century BC, marble. Acropolis Museum. image
Statue of a scribe, Attic, c. 510-500 century BC, marble. Acropolis Museum.
Greek/Roman
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Preview thumbnail for Garment pleats from a Kore statue, Attic, c. 500 BC, marble. Acropolis Museum. image
Garment pleats from a Kore statue, Attic, c. 500 BC, marble. Acropolis Museum.
Greek/Roman
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Preview thumbnail for Head of a goddess, Roman, c. 2nd century AD, marble. Acropolis Museum. image
Head of a goddess, Roman, c. 2nd century AD, marble. Acropolis Museum.
Greek/Roman
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Preview thumbnail for Amazon, Roman, circa early 2nd century AD, Museo Histórico Municipal de Écija. Detail photo of the head showing the well-preserved traces of colour in eyes. image
Amazon, Roman, circa early 2nd century AD, Museo Histórico Municipal de Écija. Detail photo of the head showing the well-preserved traces of colour in eyes.
Documentation/Evidence
in Delaware
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Preview thumbnail for Amazon, circa mid-2nd century CE. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, IN 1568. Detail photo of the belt on the front of the sculpture. Clear traces of red identified by hand-held XRF as containing of iron (Fe), probably indicating the use of hematite or red ochre. image
Amazon, circa mid-2nd century CE. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, IN 1568. Detail photo of the belt on the front of the sculpture. Clear traces of red identified by hand-held XRF as containing of iron (Fe), probably indicating the use of hematite or red ochre.
Documentation/Evidence
in New York
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VIDEOCAST - The Polychromy of Greek Architecture: Two Centuries of Research from the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
Other
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Preview thumbnail for Frescoes in Room 18, north and east walls, section ΠΠ, and watercolor reconstruction of total height of south wall. Roman (?), residential-industrial district southwest of the Agora. ASCSA, Agora Excavations. image
Frescoes in Room 18, north and east walls, section ΠΠ, and watercolor reconstruction of total height of south wall. Roman (?), residential-industrial district southwest of the Agora. ASCSA, Agora Excavations.
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Preview thumbnail for Portrait statue of Fundilia, c. 1st century CE, Roman Imperial, marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, IN 708. image
Portrait statue of Fundilia, c. 1st century CE, Roman Imperial, marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, IN 708.
Greek/Roman
in New York
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Preview thumbnail for Portrait of a Roman man, c. 1st century CE, Roman Imperial, white marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, IN 1438. image
Portrait of a Roman man, c. 1st century CE, Roman Imperial, white marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, IN 1438.
Greek/Roman
in New York
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Preview thumbnail for Antefix with female head, c. 400 BCE, Classical, terracotta. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. image
Antefix with female head, c. 400 BCE, Classical, terracotta. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Etruscan
in New York
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Preview thumbnail for Kybele, c. 60 BCE, Roman Imperial, marble with traces of pigment. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. image
Kybele, c. 60 BCE, Roman Imperial, marble with traces of pigment. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Greek/Roman
in New York
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Preview thumbnail for Fragment from the Palace of Apries, 26th dyn. 589-568 BCE, limestone, Egypt: Early Dynastic Period. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. image
Fragment from the Palace of Apries, 26th dyn. 589-568 BCE, limestone, Egypt: Early Dynastic Period. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Ancient Near East
in Limestone, NY
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Preview thumbnail for The rendering of garments in ancient Greco-Roman sculpture, Cecilie Brøns. European Association of Archaeologists. image
The rendering of garments in ancient Greco-Roman sculpture, Cecilie Brøns. European Association of Archaeologists.
Other
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Preview thumbnail for Ziller Ernst, Polychromy Study of a Fragment Crowning a Minor Monument on the Acropolis, 1864-8 (?), watercolor on paper. National Gallery, Greece. image
Ziller Ernst, Polychromy Study of a Fragment Crowning a Minor Monument on the Acropolis, 1864-8 (?), watercolor on paper. National Gallery, Greece.
Documentation/Evidence
in Greece
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Preview thumbnail for Ziller Ernst, Ionic Capital from the Second Temple of Athena Sounias, 1864, watercolor on paper. National Gallery, Greece. image
Ziller Ernst, Ionic Capital from the Second Temple of Athena Sounias, 1864, watercolor on paper. National Gallery, Greece.
Documentation/Evidence
in Greece
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Preview thumbnail for Ziller Ernst, Parthenon Polychromy Study for the Marble Roof of the Opisthodom in Natural Scale, 1868, watercolor on paper. National Gallery, Greece. image
Ziller Ernst, Parthenon Polychromy Study for the Marble Roof of the Opisthodom in Natural Scale, 1868, watercolor on paper. National Gallery, Greece.
Documentation/Evidence
in Greece
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Relief fragment, c. 600-31 B.C., Greek, marble with pigment. The British Museum.
Greek/Roman
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Stela relief, c. 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D., Roman (possibly Ptolemaic), limestone with pigment. The British Museum.
Terracotta/Stucco/Limestone
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Head of a bearded male, c. 430-400 B.C., Etruscan, terracotta and pigment. The British Museum.
Etruscan
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Head of a young Dionysos, c. 2nd century, Roman, marble with pigment. The British Museum.
Greek/Roman
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Sculpture head of a female, c. 246-221 B.C., Hellenistic, made in Cyrene, marble, traces of pigment. The British Museum.
Greek/Roman