Aproximación a la policromía del Retablo de San Antón. Parroquia de San Pedro de Zumaia (Gipuzkoa)

Berasain Salvarredi, Ion
; Barriola Olano, Maite

Publication year:

1998

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1137-4403

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Summary

Traditionally, the studies of Sculpture of the History of Art were limited basically to the study of the shape, forgetting completely the importance of the polychromy as a facing covering and expressive finish of an artwork. The Saint Anton Altarpiece (Zumaia, Gipuzkoa), of the first middle of the XVI century, presents a wide polychromy collection of samples: polished gold, matte fold, silver leafs, added brocade, sizing stars, etc... exactly of its age, joining gothic and renaissance models