Color and Light: A Hellenistic Terracotta Figurine of a Maenad from Myrina
During the Hellenistic period and under the growing influence of the art of painting, the polychromy of Greek terracotta figurines focused not only on an elaborate rendering of color, but also on the interplay of light and shadow. Some of the best-preserved examples clearly show the subtlety of such...
Main Authors: | Brigitte Bourgeois, Giovanni Verri, Violaine Jeammet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-03-01
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Series: | Heritage |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/3/160 |
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