The Deceptive Surface: Perception and Sculpture’s “Skin”
In the eighteenth century, sculptors such as Antonio Canova often experimented with polychromy, using wax or grind water to subtly tint their figures’ flesh. In this article, I examine viewers’ discomfort with these surface treatments. I argue that viewers reacted negatively to the colored surface o...
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Centre d´Histoire et Théorie des Arts
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Images Re-Vues |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/imagesrevues/3931 |