Acrolith
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thumb|The Antinous Mondragone, the head from an acrolithic [[cult image of the deified Antinous]]
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thumb|The Antinous Mondragone, the head from an acrolithic [[cult image of the deified Antinous]]
An acrolith is a composite sculpture made of stone together with other materials such as wood or inferior stone such as limestone, as in the case of a figure whose clothed parts are made of wood, while the exposed flesh parts such as head, hands, and feet are made of marble. The wood was covered either by drapery or by gilding. This type of statuary was common and widespread in Classical antiquity.
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