ORBi: Detailled Reference

Article (Scientific journals)

Ancient Restoration in Roman Polychromy: Detecting Aesthetic Changes?

Neri, Elisabetta; Nasr, Nesrine; Strivay, David

2022 • In Heritage, 5 (2), p. 829 - 848

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Permalink
https://hdl.handle.net/2268/292210

DOI
10.3390/heritage5020045

Files (1)Send to Details Statistics Bibliography Similar publications

Files

Full Text

heritage-05-00045 rev MSCF.pdf

Author postprint (11.9 MB)

All documents in ORBi are protected by a user license.

Send to

RIS BibTex APA Chicago Permalink X Linkedin

Details

Keywords :

MA-XRF imaging; micro-stratigraphy; restoration; Roman polychromy; sculpture; video microscopy; Archeology (arts and humanities); Conservation; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Archeology

Abstract :

[en] Few instances of material evidence for ancient colour restorations have been documented over the last 20 years, during which time the scientific approach to the study of polychromy has been defined. This article presents eight new cases of ancient restoration of colour from the Roman Imperial Age. By combining observations in visible and UV light and video microscopy with a microstratigraphic approach, MA-X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, and contextual archaeological data, we have observed evidence which could suggest an aesthetic change in the use of colour between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE: from polychrome and multitone effects to the use of monochromatic, flat, and uniform colour finishes.

Research center :

CEA - Centre Européen en Archéométrie - ULiège
AAP - Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine - ULiège

Disciplines :

Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Archaeology
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others

Author, co-author :

Neri, Elisabetta ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine (AAP)

Nasr, Nesrine ; INP-Tunis, Institut National du Patrimoine (INP), Tunis, Tunisia

Strivay, David ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine (AAP)

Language :

English

Title :

Ancient Restoration in Roman Polychromy: Detecting Aesthetic Changes?

Publication date :

June 2022

Journal title :

Heritage

eISSN :

2571-9408

Publisher :

MDPI

Volume :

5

Issue :

2

Pages :

829 - 848

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/2/45/pdf

European Projects :

H2020 - 896000 - PolyCRomA - Polychromy: the meaning of Colour in Roman African statues

Funders :

Union Européenne [BE]

Funding text :

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement “PolyCRomA: No. 258 89600 to EN). The funding organisation had no influence in the study design, the data collection and analysis, the decision to publish, or the preparation of the manuscript.

Available on ORBi :

since 14 June 2022

Statistics

Number of views

55 (2 by ULiège)

Number of downloads

34 (0 by ULiège)

More statistics

Scopus citations^®

1

Scopus citations^®
without self-citations

0

OpenCitations

1

Bibliography

Leka, E. La thérapéia des sculptures en Grèce ancienne: Le témoignage des sources textuelles. In Thérapéia. Polychromie et Restauration de la Sculpture dans l’Antiquité; Technè, 40; Bourgeois, B., Ed.; C2RMF: Paris, France, 2014; pp. 60–68.
Leka, E. L’emploi des huiles, des onguents et des parfums dans l’entretien des statues en Grèce ancienne. In Les Huiles Parfumées en Méditerranée Occidentale et en Gaule (VIIIe siècle av.–VIIIe siècle apr. J.-C.); Centre Jean Bérard, 38; Archéologie de l’artisanat antique, 6; Frère, D., Hugot, L., Eds.; Presses Universitaires de Rennes: Rennes, France, 2012; pp. 277–290.
Leka, E. L’entretien et la Restauration des Sculptures en Grèce Ancienne: Le Cas de la Sculpture Archaïque Thesis. Ph.D. Thesis, Université Paris I Panthéon, Paris, France, 2008.
Bourgeois, B. Les vies d’une reine. À propos des remaniements antiques de polychromie sur le portrait de Bérénice II à Mariemont. In Eikones. Portraits en Contexte. Recherches Nouvelles Sur Les Portraits Grecs Du Ve Au Ier S. Av. J.-C.; Van Den Hoff, R., Queyrel, F., Perrin-Saminadayar, E., Eds.; OsannaEdizioni: Venosa, Italy, 2016; pp. 151–168.
Caseau, B. Le sort de la statuaire à la fin de l’Antiquité. In Thérapéia. Polychromie et Restauration de la Sculpture Dans l’Antiquité; Technè, 40; Bourgeois, B., Ed.; C2RMF: Paris, France, 2014; pp. 107–113.
Michel d’Annoville, C. Penser les images des dieux païens au tournant du IIIe siècle. Les réflexions d’Arnobe sur les statues divines (Contre les gentils, VI, 8-26). In Figures de dieux. Construire Le Divin en Images; Prost, F., Huet, V., Estienne, S., Lissarrague, F., Eds.; Presses Universitaires de Rennes: Rennes, France, 2015; pp. 223–240.
Bourgeois, B. (Re)peindre, dorer, cirer. La thérapéia en acte dans la sculpture grecque hellénistique. In Thérapéia. Polychromie et Restauration de la Sculpture dans l’Antiquité; Technè, 40; Bourgeois, B., Ed.; C2RMF: Paris, France, 2014; pp. 69–80.
Østergaard, J.S. Polychromy, sculptural, Greek and Roman. In The Oxford Classical Dictionary; Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2018. [CrossRef]
Bourgeois, B. Étudier et conserver la polychromie antique. Vidéo-microscopie et archéologie de la surface. In Thérapéia. Polychromie et Restauration de la Sculpture dans l’Antiquité; Technè, 40; Bourgeois, B., Ed.; C2RMF: Paris, France, 2014; pp. 60–68.
Liverani, P. La polychromie de la statue de l’Auguste de Prima Porta. Rev. Archéologique 2005, 193–197.
Siotto, E. La Policromia Sui Sarcofagi Romani. Catalogo E Risultati Scientifici; L’Erma di Breitschneider: Rome, Italy, 2017.
Abbe, M. Recent research on the painting and gilding of Roman marble statuary at Aphrodisias. In Circumlitio. The Polychromy of Antique and Mediaeval Sculpture, Proceedings of the Johann David Passavant Colloquium, München, Germany, 10–12 December 2008; Brinkmann, V., Primavesi, O., Hollein, M., Eds.; Hirmer Verlag: Munich, Germany, 2010; pp. 277–289.
Neri, E.; Alfeld, M.; Nasr, N.; de Viguerie, L.; Walter, P. Multi-Layered Colours in Roman African Statues: Discovering Stratigraphy and Technique of the Polychromy by MA-XRF.
Carrier, C. Sculptures augustéennes du théâtre d’Arles. Rev. Archéologique Narbonn. 2005, 38, 365–396. [CrossRef]
Vendries, C. Plectrum, cithara et fistula. Des fragments d’instruments de musique dans la statuaire en marbre de Chiragan (Martres-Tolosane). Aquitania 2014, 30, 263–284. [CrossRef]
Merlin, A. Fouille à Thuburbo Maius. CRAI 1917, 61, 67–77. Available online: https://www.persee.fr/doc/crai_0065-0536_1917 _num_61_2_73832 (accessed on 5 February 2022).
Leone, A. The End of the Pagan City: Religion, Economy, and Urbanism in Late Antique North Africa; Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2013.
Kopczynski, N.; De Viguerie, L.; Neri, E.; Nasr, N.; Walter, P.; Béjaoui, F.; Baratte, F. Polychromy in Africa Proconsularis: Investigating Roman statues using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. Antiquity 2017, 91, 139–154. [CrossRef]
Cagnat, R. Séance de La Commission de l’Afrique du Nord. 5 May 1915. BCTH 1915, CLI-CLXIX. Available online: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k203343n (accessed on 5 February 2022).
Gauckler, P. Chronique des fouilles. BCTH 1900, CLXXV-CLXXX. Available online: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k20332 8v (accessed on 5 February 2022).
Ghardaddou, E. Histoire et architecture de l’odéon de Carthage. In Urbanisme Et Architecture En Méditerranée Antique Et Médiévale à Travers Les Sources Archéologiques Et Littéraires. Actes Du 2e Colloque International, Tunis 24–26 Novembre 2011; Guizani, S., Ed.; Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines: Tunis, Tunisia, 2013; pp. 189–198.
Merlin, A. Le Temple d’Apollon à Bulla Regia: Notes et Documents Publiés Par La Directions des Antiquité et Arts (Notes et Documents 1); Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: Paris, France, 1908.
Harris, E. Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy; Academic Press: London, UK, 1968.
Hocquet, F.-P.; Calvo del Castillo, H.; Cervera Xicotencatl, A.; Bourgeois, C.; Oger, C.; Marchal, A.; Clar, M.; Rakkaa, S.; Micha, E.; Strivay, D. Elemental 2d imaging of paintings with a mobile EDXRF system. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2011, 399, 3109–3116. [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Solé, V.A.; Papillon, E.; Cotte, M.; Walter, P.; Susini, J. A multiplatform code for the analysis of energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectra. Spectrochim. Acta Part B At. Spectrosc. 2007, 62, 63–68. [CrossRef]
Verri, G.; Opper, T.; Deviese, T. The ‘Treu Head’: A case study in Roman sculptural polychromy. Br. Mus. Res. Bull. 2010, 4, 39–54.
Gliozzo, E.; Ionescu, C. Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases. Archaeol. Anthropol. Sci. 2022, 14, 17. [CrossRef]
Švarcová, S.; Hradil, D.; Hradilová, J.; Čermáková, Z. Pigments—Copper-based greens and blues. Archaeol. Anthropol. Sci. 2021, 13, 190. [CrossRef]
Mastrotheodoros, G.P.; Beltsios, K.G. Pigments—Iron-based red, yellow, and brown ochres. Archaeol. Anthropol. Sci. 2022, 14, 35. [CrossRef]
Lahusen, G.; Formigli, E. Römische Bildnisse aus Bronze. Kunst und Technik; Hirmer Verlag: Munich, Germany, 2001.
Bourgeois, B.; Jockey, P. La dorure des marbres grecs. Nouvelle enquête sur la sculpture hellénistique de Délos. J. Savants 2005, 2, 253–316. [CrossRef]
Baratte, F.; Béjaoui, F.; Neri, E. Un militaire en Diomède: L’Hadrien controversé de l’odéon de Carthage. In Actes des IIIemes Rencontres Autour De La Sculpture Romaine, Arles 8–9 Novembre 2019; Gaggadis-Robin, V., Biard, G., Eds.; Ausonius: Bordeaux, France, 2019; in press.
Neri, E.; Turconi, L.; Marchisio, R. Le pitture della galleria superiore della cappella di S. Aquilino a Milano: I motivi e le tecniche nel loro spazio architettonico. Riv. Archeol. 2017, 41, 125–149. Available online: https://www.rivistadiarcheologia.it/en/articolo/le-pitture-della-galleria-superiore-della-cappella-di-s-aquilino-a-milano-i-mot/5025 (accessed on 5 February 2022).
Bradley, M. Colour and Meaning in Ancient Rome; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2009.
Anguissola, A.; Lenzi, S. La policromia degli elementi non figurati della scultura greca e romana. Proposte per uno studio del colore di puntelli, sfondi e basi. In Annuario Della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e Delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente; SAI: Athens, Greece, 2019; Volume 97, pp. 199–215. Available online: https://scuoladiatene.it/dal-2011-al-2020/2019.html (accessed on 5 February 2022).

Similar publications