Italian Cinema Today

I recently attended a symposium on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s stunning exhibit – Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color. The speakers, presentations, and history discussed made the symposium so captivating. Then seeing the works up close really completed the whole experience. The exhibit featured reconstructions of ancient sculptures painted in vibrant colors as they were created 2,000+ years ago. Although sculptures created during the Renaissance were monochromatic and true to how we see them today, it’s important to keep in mind when walking through a museum browsing ancient sculptures the diversity of their appearances in antiquity. According to an essay published by the MET, “Greek and Roman sculpture was originally richly embellished with colorful painting, gilding, silvering, and inlay. Such polychromy, which was integral to the meaning and immediacy of such works, survives today only in fragmentary condition.”  Through modern technology, scientists can collect traces of th...