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Ancient polychrome – 19th century interpretation


Color plates by Ludvig Peter Fenger, 1883.


“Art-historical picture sheets”, Leipzig 1883


Color plates by Francis Penrose, 1888


Drawings by Edward Falkener, 1860


SOURCES

  • Doric Polychromy: Studies on the Application of Color on the Doric Temple Ludvig Peter Fenger, Berlin 1886
    Part 1 Text
    Part 2 Color plates
  • Art-historical picture sheets: compiled for use in academic and public lectures, as well as for teaching history and taste at grammar schools, secondary schools and secondary schools (Suppl. 2): Supplements to the main work; Leipzig 1883
    Heidelberg University Library
  • An investigation of the principles of Athenian architecture: or the results of a recent survey conducted chiefly with reference to the optical refinements exhibited in the construction of the ancient buildings at Athens, Francis Penrose, London 1888
    Heidelberg University Library
  • Daedalus or the causes and principles of the excellence of Greek sculpture, Edward Falkener, London 1860
    Heidelberg University Library

Literature

  • Lost in Translation: An Introduction to the Challenging Task of Communicating Long-lost Polychromy on Graeco-Roman Marble Sculptures Cecilie Brøns, Signe Buccarella Hedegaard, 2019
  • The value of colour. Material and Economic Aspects in the Ancient World academia.edu