"Antinous from Villa Mondragone " was restored by the acrolitic method: a head made of marble and a bust of wood
Acrolite ( ancient-Greek. Ἄκρος - extreme and λίθος - stone) is a mixed technique used in ancient sculpture , in which the exposed parts of the statue were made of marble , and the clothes were made of painted or gilded wood. The body (the main hidden frame of the statue) could also be wooden.
The technique was often used for colossal statues, significantly reducing the cost of their construction. Only marble fragments have survived from such statues to the present day, since wooden parts are subject to rotting, and bronze was usually seized by non-ferrous metal hunters in the Dark Middle Ages .
Famous statues
- Athena Areia ( Platey )
- Antinous of Mondragon
- Colossus of Constantine
- Hera Farnese
Sculptors
- Damofon - created statues for the sanctuaries of the cities of the Peloponnese, including Messena, Egia and Megalopolis.
See also
- Chrysophila sculpture (gold + ivory)
Links
- Akroli // // Encyclopedic Dictionary, compiled by Russian scientists and writers. Volume II / P. L. Lavrov . - SPb. : Type of. I. I. Glazunov and Comp., 1862. - p. 384.
- Acrolites // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.