The Color of Life Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present

J. Paul Getty Museum, Alex Potts, Vinzenz Brinkmann, Jan Stubbe Ostergaard, Marco Collareta — 2008

There has been a persistent tradition of enlivening sculptures with color. This book presents five essays on polychromy in classical Greek through contemporary sculpture, along with discussions of over 40 extraordinary polychrome sculptures.