Pazanelli Roberta (5 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good; Softcover; Covers are still glossy; Unblemished textblock edges; Gift inscription inside the front cover (appears to be signed by Roberta Pazanelli); Text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Colored statue to the cover with title in yellow lettering; 2008, Oxford University Press; 256 pages; "The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present," by Roberta Pazanelli, et al.…

Condition: Good. Good+; Softcover; Clean covers with minor edgewear; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; Good binding; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); Colored statue to the cover with title in yellow lettering; 2008, Oxford University Press; 256 pages; "The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present," by Roberta Pazanelli, et al.…

Condition: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Paperback. Condition: New. Ever since antiquity, sculptors have used colored materials and tints to give a lifelike quality to three-dimensional portraits and statues, yet the term ?sculpture? tends to evoke images of white marble. This is the first comprehensive study to examine a broad historical range of sculptors? use of polychromy to enliven figural works. This important volume presents five essays on polychromy in Classical Greek through contemporary sculpture, along with individual discussions of over forty extraordinary works, from Old Kingdom Egypt to the present day, including sculptures whose polychromy has only been recently discovered, analyzed, or reconstructed through advanced technical evaluation. Published to coincide with an exhibition on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa from March 6 to June 23, 2008, this catalogue introduces the art lover and specialist alike to many unfamiliar concepts and masterpieces of an alternative history of sculpture. The works are presented not chronologically but in pairings and sequences that inspire insightful connections, tracing aspects of the impulse that through the ages has inspired sculptors to endow otherwise monochrome figures with the color of life.…

Hardcover. Condition: New.