"Assessment of process variability and color in synthesized and ancient Egyptian blue pigments"
John S. McCloy, Edward P. Vicenzi, Thomas Lam, Julia Esakoff, Travis A. Olds, Lisa S. Haney, Mostafa Sherif, John Bussey, M. C. Dixon Wilkins & Sam Karcher
"Mineralogical and Micro-Computer Tomographic (μCT) Texture Investigations of Egyptian Blue Spheres (Aguntum, East Tyrol; Retznei and Wagna, Flavia Solva, South Styria)"
Gerald Degenhart, Julius Heinemann, Peter Tropper, Alexandra Rodler-Rørbo, Bianca Zerobin, Martin Auer, and Gert Goldenberg
"Pompeian pigments. A glimpse into ancient Roman colouring materials"
Celestino Grifa, Chiara Germinario, Sabrina Pagano, Andrea Lepore, Alberto De Bonis, Mariano Mercurio, Vincenzo Morra, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Sophie Hay, Domenico Esposito, Valeria Amoretti
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2025, 177, 106201
"Polychromy on Roman Sarcophagi from Rome. Key Aspects and Foundations for Future Collaborations in Provincial Context"
Eliana Siotto
in Montserrat Cleveria and Markus Trunk (eds), Conditoria Provinciarum. Roman Sarcophagi in the Provinces, Iberica Selecta 3, Franz Steiner Velarg, Stuttgart, 2025, pp. 331-356.
"From tiny to immense: Geological spotlight on the Alexander Mosaic (National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy) using non-invasive in situ analyses"
Balassone G, Cappelletti P, De Bonis A, De Simone A, Di Martire D, et al.
"Colour & Space. Interfaces of Ancient Architecture and Sculpture -Proceedings of the 10th Inter-national Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture"
Edited by Frederik Grosser and Stephan Zink
Published by DAI/Reichert Verlag
The compilation of the contributions to the "10th International Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Architecture and Sculpture" (Berlin 2020) focuses on the phenomenology of colour in architectural and sculptural contexts. On the basis of case and overall studies from Greco-Roman antiquity to the Middle Ages, the effect of polychromy in spatial contexts is examined. In addition, it explores how colour enhances form and alters meanings, and explores artistic and technological practices. Overall, the volume argues for an interdisciplinary perspective on paint and surface treatment.
"Chroma. Sculpture in Color from Antiquity to Today"
Edited by Seán Hemingway, Sarah Lepinski and Vinzenz Brinkmann
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
This volume features new research by more than thirty international experts in polychromy, including art historians, conservators, scientists, and photographers. Identified through advanced technologies, scientific analyses, and in-depth research, their discoveries of surviving traces of color span the globe and vary in material, including an Archaic Greek marble sphinx, an ancient Phoenician cloisonné furniture plaque, Mexica (Aztec) lime-stone sculptures, and medieval and Renaissance European marbles and bronzes.
"Colour Schemes in Roman Architecture. Aesthetics, Semantics, and Regional Appropriation"
Johannes Lipps and Matthias Grawehr (Editors)
Published by Reichert Verlag
Roman architecture was characterised by a rich palette of colours, achieved through the use of natural coloured stones and painting. This conference volume is the first book entirely dedicated to the polychromy of architectural orders in the Roman provinces. Its objectives are to present new data, to explore the visual effects for which colour was used on architectural elements, and to collate observations on the functional, chronological and regional variation. The volume brings together the contributions of twenty-five archaeologists, ancient historians, art historians and chemists, encompassing a wide chronological frame from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD and covering a geographical range from modern Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria to Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Libya.
"Blue by Fire: A Marker of the Technical History of Glass and Ceramics"
Howell G. M. Edwards and Philippe Colomban
Published by Springer Nature
This book addresses the application of elemental and molecular spectroscopic analytical techniques to a range of diverse problems which arise for decorated ceramics, glass and enamels and related artefacts: a history of techniques, provenance and authentication.
