Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color
Jul 6, 2022 @ 10:00 am– Mar 26, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY
Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
Did you know Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture was once colorful? Learn the colorful backstory of polychromy (“many colors” in Greek) in an exhibit highlighting cutting-edge scientific methods used to identify ancient color and examining how color helped convey meaning in antiquity.
Presented alongside original Greek and Roman works representing similar subjects are reconstructions of ancient sculptures in color, as well as a new reconstruction of The Met’s Archaic-period Sphinx finial. The reconstructions are the result of a wide array of analytical techniques, including 3D imaging and rigorous art historical research.
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