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Course: Ancient Mediterranean + Europe > Unit 9
Lesson 1: A beginner's guide to ancient Rome- Introduction to ancient Rome
- Introduction to ancient Roman art
- City of Rome overview—origins to the archaic period
- Visualizing Imperial Rome
- Ostia, an introduction
- Rome's history in four faces at The Met
- Damnatio memoriae—Roman sanctions against memory
- Roman funeral rituals and social status: the Amiternum tomb and the tomb of the Haterii
- The Modern Invention of Ancient White Marble
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The Modern Invention of Ancient White Marble
Archaeologists Vinzenz and Ulrike Koch Brinkmann have spent the last 40 years dedicated to the study of polychromy—or “many colors” in Greek—in ancient sculpture. Once a fringe area of study, their research combats the misconception of white purity in ancient Greece and Rome. They reflect on the marble bust of Caligula and how the reconstruction of its former color can help us better understand history. © 2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Created by Smarthistory.