Carolyn Connor shows here that Byzantine ivory carvings--often assumed to have been monochromatic--were originally brightly colored. Most ivories today show no obvious traces of paint or stain, and many scholars believe that the Byzantines preferred the aesthetic of ivory's natural, creamy color. However, Connor's close examination of one hundred Late Antique and Byzantine ivories reveals that artists frequently colored ivories in bright hues of red, blue, green, and gold. Intrigued by barely visible traces of paint or ...
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Carolyn Connor shows here that Byzantine ivory carvings--often assumed to have been monochromatic--were originally brightly colored. Most ivories today show no obvious traces of paint or stain, and many scholars believe that the Byzantines preferred the aesthetic of ivory's natural, creamy color. However, Connor's close examination of one hundred Late Antique and Byzantine ivories reveals that artists frequently colored ivories in bright hues of red, blue, green, and gold. Intrigued by barely visible traces of paint or stain, Connor subjected such ivory objects as boxes, plaques, and book covers to scientific analysis. Under the microscope, she saw that their surfaces were once ablaze with color, while tests identified the actual pigments. Her findings, presented here, demonstrate that the ivories were colored and that the paint or stain--which does not adhere well to the surface of ivory--either wore off or was cleaned away. She draws on the work of archaeologists, classicists, historians, and art historians to show that this color was almost certainly original and not, as many scholars have assumed, a medieval or later addition. The author also locates Byzantine ivories within a long tradition of colored ivory going back, for example, to a painted chest found in the tomb of the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamen. Connor's close study and contextualizing of a significant group of ivories will reshape our thinking about color, culture, and art.
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As New in New dust jacket. 0691048185. Dark blue cover with gold lettring on spine. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Printed on acid-free/alkaline paper. Illustrated with 17 color plates, and 12 b/w figures. Chapters are: Color on Byzantine Ivories; Colors, Pigments and Pigment Analysis; Ancient Tradition of Polychrome Ivories; Testimony of Ancient and Medieval Texts; Color on Ivory and the Byzantine Aestethic; Shifting the Paradigm; two appendices.; Drawings & photographs; 7 3/4 x 10 1/4; 129 pages; NEW. Very slight bumping. DJ has slight edge wear; in a Brodart cover.
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