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289 Mama, (don’t) take my polychrome away

The idea that Greek sculpture was once colored is easier to deal with than real-life reconstructions of what it looked like. For some unfathomed reason, Schwartz prefers the original polychromy of Gothic statues but not of Greek and Roman ones.


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Author Gary SchwartzPosted on May 7, 2008April 25, 2019Categories Museums and exhibitions, Sculpture

278 Seize the twentieth day

The last of 274 columns that first appeared in Dutch, in Loekie Schwartz’s translation, in Het Financieele Dagblad. Schwartz and his Loekie discover together the ancient feast of Epicurus and decide to celebrate it from now on. Epicurus was a champion of moderate pleasure as a way to find peace.


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Author Gary SchwartzPosted on May 4, 2007April 25, 2019Categories Commentary, Sculpture

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