Making a Spanish Polychrome Sculpture

Seventeenth-century Spanish polychrome sculpture was intended to appear as lifelike as possible. Compared to bronze or marble statues, sculpted and painted wooden figures--often with glass eyes and wigs--achieve a remarkable realistic effect. Artists specialized in particular Spanish polychromy techniques, such as estofado: painting and incising to create rich silk fabrics with raised patterns in gold and silver used for the garments, and encarnaciones: blending and applying of oil paint for lips, hair, and modulations of the skin. Download video (ZIP files): HD 480p (MOV 79 MB) -- http://bit.ly/10qusX HD 720p (MOV 151 MB) -- http://bit.ly/22ky9K iPod/iPhone (M4V 129 MB) -- http://bit.ly/CxJVr Related exhibition: http://bit.ly/WPozz Saint Ginés de la Jara http://bit.ly/1761Nt