The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present - Softcover

This catalogue accomplishes two objectives: it allows readers to imagine much of the white statuary on display in museums as it might have appeared before its coloring wore off or was stripped off, and it sheds light on an overlooked tradition of polychromed sculpture that runs through Western art. Recommended. "Choice"" The most successful and compelling effort yet to put sculptural polychromy on the map." "Bryn Mawr Classical Review"" Fascinating. "Los Angeles Times"" "Fascinating."--"Los Angeles Times" "This catalogue accomplishes two objectives: it allows readers to imagine much of the white statuary on display in museums as it might have appeared before its coloring wore off or was stripped off, and it sheds light on an overlooked tradition of polychromed sculpture that runs through Western art. Recommended."--"Choice" "The most successful and compelling effort yet to put sculptural polychromy on the map."--"Bryn Mawr Classical Review"

Roberta Panxanelli is a senior research specialist at the Getty Research Institute. Eike Smidt is associate curator of decorative arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Kenneth Lapatin is associate curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum.