Recent articles & book chapters
"Multi-Technique Analysis and Digital Reconstruction of Polychromy on a Mithraic Altar from Carrawburgh Roman Fort near Hadrian’s Wall"
Louisa Campbell, Margaret Smith and Sarah Dugmore
Colorants, 2026, 5, 6.
Read more here: https://doi.org/10.3390/colorants5010006
Published online - 13/02/2026.
Recent books
"La sculpture aux mains des peintres. Terres cuites polychromes de la Grèce antique"
Edited by Brigitte Bourgeois and Violaine Jeammet
Published by EFA, Louvre, 2026 (2 vols.)
Celebrated in ancient literature and subsequently romanticized in modern times owing to its near-total disappearance, the art of painting in ancient Greece may nevertheless be approached through a long-neglected category of objects: small-scale clay sculpture. For those equipped to interpret it, this miniature material constitutes a significant resource for the recovery of a fundamental dimension of Greek art—colour. Bringing together archaeology, art history, and archaeometry, this study offers the first comprehensive synthesis of the polychromy of terracotta figurines. It underscores the sophistication and range of the techniques employed by painters operating within a shared pictorial culture that encompassed monumental painting, marble sculpture, and small-scale artefacts.
The volume further demonstrates— both to specialists and to a broader readership —the degree of care, and at times conspicuous luxury, invested in the painted embellishment of many of these offerings. As such, they stand as rare testimonies to an otherwise little-known everyday life in which women, the invisible segment of Greek society, occupied a central role.
More details (including table of contents) here. En français ici.
Coming soon!
"Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt, Volume 2: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project"
Edited by Marie Svoboda and Caroline Cartwright
Published by J. Paul Getty Trust
The international collaboration known as APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research) was launched in 2013 to promote the study of these objects and gather research findings into a shared database. This second volume of Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt contains seventeen scholarly papers from the APPEAR conference hosted in 2022 at the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam. Conservators, scientists, and scholars presented new research on topics such as technical imaging; non-destructive analytical techniques; provenance and collecting; treatment histories; connoisseurship and forgeries; comparisons of works across institutions; and scientific studies of woods, pigments, coatings, and binders. With the most up-to-date information available about the production, materiality, function, and history of these painted funerary artifacts, this volume will be a valuable resource to all who research ancient art.
Available open-access here.
Published - 28/02/2026
