Consumos web. 10/04/2014

• 'Transformations: Classical Sculpture in Colour' on view at the Glyptotek in Copenhagen

  White marble became synonymous with the noble and the spiritual – a guarantee of aesthetic, ethical and political superiority. The concrete evidence of Antiquity’s widespread use of colour was, therefore, typically ignored, denied, and, in certain cases, brutally purged from Greek and Roman scuptures.

  tags: historia de el arte iconografía

• China Institute Gallery opens 'Mao's Golden Mangoes and the Cultural Revolution'

  That night, Mao ordered that the fruits be presented to the workers. The mangoes were quickly seen as a temporary political symbol of Chairman Mao’s benevolence and love for the people and became the focus of cult admiration.

  tags: iconografía China MaoZedong

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