Von der Reproduktion zur Rekonstruktion - Umgang mit Antike(n) II.

Comparable to the colloquium “Umgang mit Antike(n)” [TAF 19] a summer school was held parallel to the temporary exhibition “Gaudy gods. Colours in ancient sculpture” in the Knights’ Hall of Hohentübingen Castle from 11/04/14 to 15/01/15. The volume contains an introduction and 24 contributions organised in sections on architecture, sculpture, techniques and methods as well as projects and theses. In detail, there are papers on the way from monument to reconstruction, the archaeological parks of Xanten and Kempten, the “Schinkel project” for the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, the eastern frieze of the Siphnian Treasury and the colouration of kouroi, of the statue of Zeus at Olympia, of a head of a Persian, of the girl’s statue Akro. 682, of a head of Caesar, and of ancient grave stelae. Other topics are the handwritings of ancient polychromers, so-called chrysocolla, metal applications, attachments in marble and metal, the “youth with a victor’s fillet”, the effect of inlaid eyes, the project “Digital Forum Romanum”, the Hunting Frieze at Vergina, non-destructive methods of x-ray analyses, the casting of griffin protomes, the “Grotta di Tiberio”, and a statue of Venus at Bordeaux.