Marble Discussion

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In this module we learned about polychromy, or the use of colored pigments on ancient marbles such as the Parthenon sculptures. So the image we have of blindingly pure white marble statuary in Ancient Greece is likely not particularly accurate, even given that the natural marble was itself white. In fact, it might be more accurate to think of these marbles as tabulae rasae, or blank pages, to which color could be applied. For our final discussion / exercise, we’d like for you to choose a famous white marble statue and color it according to your liking. You can use a little artistic license here - although white marble statues would have been in fashion by Michelangelo’s time, you can go ahead and colorDavidif you’d like. You can either find a picture of a marble statue online to print out and color, or you can sketch it freehand. Post your colored sculpture along with ~200 words explaining why you chose to color it the way you did. How did your coloring change the feeling of the work? Does it change your idea of Ancient Greece to think that the Parthenon and other iconic works may have been brightly colored instead of pure white?

5/3/2021 Topic: Module 8: Marble Discussion https://psu.instructure.com/courses/2112528/discussion_topics/13599984 1/1 Replies are only visible to those who have posted at least one reply.  This is a graded discussion: 10 points possible due May 3 Module 8: Marble Discussion 135 135 Search entries or author  Reply In this module we learned about polychromy, or the use of colored pigments on ancient marbles such as the Parthenon sculptures. So the image we have of blindingly pure white marble statuary in Ancient Greece is likely not particularly accurate, even given that the natural marble was itself white. In fact, it might be more accurate to think of these marbles as tabulae rasae, or blank pages, to which color could be applied. For our final discussion / exercise, we’d like for you to choose a famous white marble statue and color it according to your liking. You can use a little artistic license here - although white marble statues would have been in fashion by Michelangelo’s time, you can go ahead and color David if you’d like. You can either find a picture of a marble statue online to print out and color, or you can sketch it freehand. Post your colored sculpture along with ~200 words explaining why you chose to color it the way you did. How did your coloring change the feeling of the work? Does it change your idea of Ancient Greece to think that the Parthenon and other iconic works may have been brightly colored instead of pure white? Don't forget to wrap up by commenting on two or more of your classmates' posts! Unread  