Making a Spanish Polychrome Sculpture

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Seventeenth-century Spanish polychrome sculpture was intended to appear as lifelike as possible. Compared to bronze or marble statues, sculpted and painted wooden figures--often with glass eyes and wigs--achieve a remarkable realistic effect. Artists specialized in particular Spanish polychromy techniques, such as estofado: painting and incising to create rich silk fabrics with raised patterns in gold and silver used for the garments, and encarnaciones: blending and applying of oil paint for lips, hair, and modulations of the skin. Learn more about these techniques in this video from the Getty Museum. • Subscribe to the Getty Museum YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gettymus... • Saint Ginés de la Jara: • https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/... • Related exhibition: • https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions... • #artconservation #gettyconservation #gettymuseum

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