Seeing Color in Classical Art
Theory, Practice, and Reception, from Antiquity to the Present
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- Author: Jennifer M. S. Stager, The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
- Date Published: December 2022
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781316516454
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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.
Read more- Brings together history of art, archaeology, classics and textual criticism, philosophy, and conservation science to explore the phenomenon of color
- Explores cultural connections across the ancient world that are realized through color
- Shows step by step how one dominant narrative is constructed over time and offers a counter-narrative with an equally robust history, inviting the reader to think broadly about how paradigms are constructed
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'…Seeing Color in Classical Art will be welcomed by the increasingly receptive audience for color and pigment studies in the wider Mediterranean world. I applaud the author for recasting the color debate in new and creative ways and for assembling a group of wonderful images.' Ada Cohen, Professor of Art History and Israel Evans Professor in Oratory and Belles Lettres, Dartmouth College
See more reviews'Seeing Color in Classical Art stands to make a much-needed intervention in the field due to the author's ability to bring the study of material traces of color in Greek art into conversation not only with literary and philosophical models of color perception in antiquity, but also to frame this recovery of ancient color in thought and practice within the complex theoretical, political, and historiographical reception of classicism. This is a high wire act that the book admirably pulls off, thanks to the sophistication of Stager's intellectual approach and her command of the art-historical landscape.' Verity Platt, Department Chair of Classics and Professor of Classics and History of Art, Cornell University
'Teaching around statues and art in the Classical world has changed significantly, and while the discussion of colour and pigment in art has become increasingly important, it still lacks in-depth analysis of the effect that colour has on our interpretation of art. This book does a very effective job on this and provides a helpful overview of how colour in art changes the story that an object can tell.' Timothy Adelani, The Journal of Classics Teaching
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- Date Published: December 2022
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781316516454
- length: 342 pages
- dimensions: 286 x 224 x 21 mm
- weight: 1.18kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. Material color, language, and khrōma1. Material color, language, and khrōma
2. Additive colors, kosmēsis, and care
3. Khōra, relief, landscape
4. Inlaid eyes, effluences, and vision
5. Atoms, lithoi, and animacy.
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