<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Corinthian bronze</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31471094</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:06:47</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Corinthian brass</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">brass, Corinthian</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">bronze, Corinthian</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A patinated alloy of copper with varying amounts of gold and silver, said to have been developed in Corinth in the second century BCE, and highly valued for ornament and statues. Objects cast from the metal were subjected to a heating and quenching process that resulted in a lustrous purple-black patina resistant to tarnishing. ]]></dc:description></metadata>