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Reconstruction of one side of the so-called Alexander Sarcophagus, with a battle between Greeks and Persians Variant A
Vinzenz Brinkmann German
Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann
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Original: One of the short sides of the so-called Alexander Sarcophagus, with a battle between Greeks and Persians. Lebanon, Sidon, 320 B.C., Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, inv. 370. Image: Art Resource
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Original: Painted garments and eyes of a Persian warrior lifting his shield. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: White (lead white) highlights and reddish brown (minium with red ocher) eyelashes of a Persian warrior lifting his shield. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Painted audience scene on the interior of the lifted shield of a Persian warrior. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Painted audience scene on the interior of the lifted shield of a Persian warrior in fluorescent UV-light. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Yellow (yellow ocher) broken spear with ocher-brown shadow side, red (madder lacquer) helmet as painted on the background of the relief. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: In illusionistic manner painted knobs on interior of the shield of a dying Persian warrior. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Yellow (golden ocher) lion fur cap on the head of Alexander the Great from a long side of the Alexander sarcophagus. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Blue (Egyptian blue) saddle cover with red belt on a horse from a long side of the Alexander sarcophagus. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Walking lions as painted with lead white on the rim of a shield from the short side of the Alexander sarcophagus showing a hunting scene. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Running blood and fur pattern on the back of a panther from the short side of the Alexander sarcophagus showing a hunting scene. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Cloak painted in modulating reddish color from a relief on the lid of the Alexander sarcophagus. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Richly patterned garment of a Persian archer from a long side of the Alexander sarcophagus. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Richly patterned garment of a Persian archer from a long side of the Alexander sarcophagus. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Heinrich Piening and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann measuring pigments with ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-Vis spectroscopy) 2006. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Marble stucco and natural pigments on a selective laser sintering 3D-copy (Variant B, 2006). Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Color variant 1 of the head of a Persian warrior lifting his shield by Jorun Ruppel (2012). Image University of Göttingen
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Reconstruction process: Color variant 2 of the head of a Persian warrior lifting his shield by Jorun Ruppel (2012). Image University of Göttingen
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Reconstruction process: Color variant 3 of the head of a Persian warrior lifting his shield by Jorun Ruppel (2012). Image University of Göttingen
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Reconstruction process: Marble stucco and natural pigments on polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) 3D-print of the riding Alexander the Great from a long side of the Alexander sarcophagus (Variant C, 2013). Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
