Alcamenes
The Delicate Hand of Antiquity: The Legacy of Alcamenes In the golden twilight of the fifth century BC, as the Athenian Acropolis reached its zenith of sculptural splendor, a master emerged whose name would become synonymous with grace and meticulous finish. Alcamenes, a sculptor hailing …
A portrait built from Alcamenes's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.