I don't work on ancient sculptural #polychromy (or ancient art at all for that matter), so it's not surprising if I'm clueless on scholarly discussion of the problem @yora points out in this post: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@yora/114400410044185691

But maybe somebody in my network is?
To paraphrase Yora: given the coloristic(?) sophistication of e.g., surviving wall painting from Pompeii and Roman-era mummy portraits from Egypt and much else ancient art, aren't modern reconstructions of sculptural polychromy wildly simplistic and is that partly because we're only able to sample, when anything of the pigment remains at all, the initial undercoat?

#ancientArt #classics #artHistory #ancientSculpture #polychromy

By way of @rogueclassicist and Chuck Jones' Ancient World Online (AWOL) blog, I see that this open-access ebook (available also in print) is now available:

Sarah Derbew, Daniel Orrells, and Phiroze Vasunia, eds. Classics and Race: A Historical Reader. London: UCL Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800088139.

"... provides scholars and students with an exploratory intellectual history of the complex relationships between Classics and racist/anti-racist thought-systems. It collects together a series of readings of historical primary sources from the late medieval period until the mid-twentieth century, bringing to light how the classical tradition and post-ancient constructions of race have informed each other. Each reading is accompanied by an essay, written by a leading specialist who offers a discussion of the primary source..."

#ancientHistory #classics #classicalReception #racism #antiRacism #medievalHistory #renaissanceHistory

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Bulgaria Behind the Iron Curtain. My #bookreview for "The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs. Pollifax #3) on my #bookblog now. I'm still reading these #thrillers; they're fun! #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #classics #Intrigue #communism #spies

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/04/25/bulgaria-behind-the-iron-curtain/

and here a classic of the authentic #Ska that never should be missing of any collection, it has many covers but nothing like this original version... 👇👌🏁🎶🔊

https://studioone.bandcamp.com/track/artebella

#SkaMusic #SkaIsTheBest #BestMusic #JamaicaSka #Classics #NowPlaying #MusicDiscovery #MusicOfMastodon #MusicMastodon #SkadForLife

A friend from the inerwebz reminded me of this masterpiece:

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0495212/

#Anime #Classics

Pick my next audiobook

#poll #books #audiobooks #classics

https://youtu.be/E1kbjwDvbQk

Oh, Aquarium!

#anthems #Aquarium #classics

Oh, Aquarium, Aquarium!
Thy fish are so neat.
Thy tanks and shells,
underwater animals dwell,
and Thy exhibits are so klean.

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