Les figurines de Tarse. Partie II. Étude technique : mise en œuvre du moulage et de la polychromie

Abstract

The material study of a corpus of twenty-two figurines from Tarsus was carried out in parallel with analyses of terracotta and polychromy. It was based on systematic observations under visible light and raking light, as well as on ultraviolet induced fluorescence photography and infrared reflectography. The technical gestures detected are interesting: some of them seem to be specific to Tarsus, whereas others could perhaps provide us with clues about the workshops involved in this production.

Keywords

• Tarsus
• Figurine
• moulding
• Technique
• Polychromy