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So called "Chiotissa", Kore from the Athenian Acropolis


Kore from the Acropolis in Athens (so-called Chios Kore), crystalline acrylic glass, natural pigment according to the Price Method in tempera technique (cooperation with the Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke, Munich). Polychromy (A1): Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann 2012.

(Liebieghaus Sculpture Collection, Frankfurt ST.P711)

Applied methods:
UVF=Ultraviolet Fluorescence (Schott KV 418)
UVR=Ultraviolet Reflectography(Schott UG1 or Schott BG12)
VIL=Infrared Fluorescence (Schott RG830, ARRI LoCoster)
VM=Visual Light Stereo Microscopy (10-50x, Zeiss & Olympus)
DM=Digital Microscopy
RL=Raking Light (Schott KL1500 & others)
NLBW=Photography in visible light, black & white
NLORTHO=Photography in visible light, black & white on orthochromatic negative film
NLCOLOR=Photography in visible light, full color
MPH=Macro Photography (via Microscope or Macro lenses)
3DSCAN=Structured Light Scanning
UV-VIS=UV-VIS Absorption Spectroscopy

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(c) Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung & Vinzenz Brinkmann, Polychromy Research Project