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Cuirassed Torso from the Athenian Acropolis (Variant A)


So-called cuirassed torso from the Acropolis in Athens, Variant A, colour reconstruction (plaster, natural pigment according to the Price Method in tempera technique). Executed by: Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann.

(Staatliche Antikensammlungen and Glyptothek, Munich)

Applied methods:
UVF=Ultraviolet Fluorescence (Schott KV 418)
UVR=Ultraviolet Reflectography (Schott UG1 or Schott BG12)
VM=Visual Light Stereo Microscopy (10-50x, Zeiss & Olympus)
RL=Raking Light (Schott KL1500)
NLBW=Photography in visible light, black & white
NLCOLOR=Photography in visible light, full color
MPH=Macro Photography (via Microscope or Macro lenses)

research campaign 1982...>
research campaign 1983...>



(c) Vinzenz Brinkmann 2018, Polychromy Research Project & Renate Kühling Glyptothek