exhibition opens on 6 colors of ancient sculpture March at the Archaeological Institute
(pug) ancient statues and temples were not white, but colorful. The exhibition "Colorful gods" impressive proof of this with insights into ancient painting techniques and modern analytical methods, especially with over 30 colorful casts of famous marble sculptures from the Archaic to the late Roman period. The Archaeological Institute and the collection of plaster casts of the University of Göttingen to present these, 6 March to 31 July 2011 in the premises of the Cast Collection at the Nicholas Weg 15th The touring exhibition, which provided, inter alia, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Madrid, Malibu sensation is open each Sunday between 10 and 17 clock and for groups by appointment.
Although the exhibition will be shown for some years, like any of the previous presentation. Also in Göttingen been issued not shown exhibits. These include newly designed color casts from the Göttingen collection, some of which were produced by students. The restorer of the Archaeological Institute Jorun Ruppel has in the exhibition, a demonstration workshop: Visitors can be there when colors are mixed by the antique method and used. A special children's program is also ideal for making and painting from plaster casts and mysterious search for the lost traces of color. The internationally successful exhibition "Colorful Gods" in 2003 was initiated by Prof. Dr. Vinzenz Brinkmann, head of the antiquities collection of the Liebig house in Frankfurt am Main. Implemented they will work with the Foundation Archaeology and the Leibniz Prize winner Prof. Dr. Oliver Primavesi of the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich.
progress in restoration technology and scientific materials analysis have revived the question of the color of ancient sculptures in the current research again. The Göttingen archaeologists are asked in this debate: you have one of the world's largest cast of university collections, practical experience in the restoration and a centuries-old tradition. Back in the 30s of the 19th Century there were numerous color reconstructions of ancient sculpture and architecture. Expression of this is influenced by the Göttinger classics scholars Prof. Dr. Karl Müller designed Ottfried and 1837 Hall of the University of Göttingen, inaugurated on William Square.
Contact: Dr. Daniel
Graepler
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Archaeological Institute and the collection of plaster casts
Telephone (0551) 39-7497
E-mail: dgraepl@gwdg.de
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