Seeing Color in Classical Art

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-316-51645-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 221 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 1126 g

The remains of ancient Mediterranean art and architecture that have survived over the centuries present the modern viewer with images of white, the color of the stone often used for sculpture. Antiquarian debates and recent scholarship, however, have challenged this aspect of ancient sculpture. There is now a consensus that sculpture produced in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as art objects in other media, were, in fact, polychromatic. Color has consequently become one of the most important issues in the study of classical art. Jennifer Stager's landmark book makes a vital contribution to this discussion. Analyzing the dyes, pigments, stones, earth, and metals found in ancient art works, along with the language that writers in antiquity used to describe color, she examines the traces of color in a variety of media. Stager also discusses the significance of a reception history that has emphasized whiteness, revealing how ancient artistic practice and ancient philosophies of color significantly influenced one another.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stager, Jennifer M. S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Material color, language, and khroma1. Material color, language, and khroma; 2. Additive colors, kosmesis, and care; 3. Khora, relief, landscape; 4. Inlaid eyes, effluences, and vision; 5. Atoms, lithoi, and animacy.

Über Autor(innen)

Stager, Jennifer M. S.
Jennifer M. S. Stager is Assistant Professor of Art History, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Classics at Johns Hopkins University. Her research has been supported by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the NEH-Getty Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies. She is co-author, with Leila Easa, of Public Feminism in Times of Crisis: From Sappho's Fragments to Viral Hashtags.