misteraven Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/gods-in-color-ancient-world-polychromy/index.html Pretty wild after seeing them as either white marble or terracotta all your life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Reminds me of the controversy surrounding the Sistene Chapel restoration. Recall at the time, many scholars saying that there was a layer of washed soot placed over the fresco to tone down the vibrancy of color that was on purpose. Wonder if dudes that were around today were to see it, if they'd flip out? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 So weird to see them like this. I definitely did not know about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Sort of makes sense that at least a few people got the bright idea to try painting them. Wonder if there was an Ancient Greek version of a garage sale? Maybe an old statue with a few chips and the marble kinda yellowed so dude buys it and paints it all crazy cause he has no taste and it’s going on the lawn anyways. Bet @Tesseractcan shed some light on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Interesting Wait - a - minute, so there were color movies BEFORE b/w movies?!? ... joking Seriously though, all those white images of Geezus are actually, faded brown. Knew It ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I recall reading something about the restoration of Thomas Jefferson's house ad how the restoration team were abused by people. Visitors thought they were making a mess of restoring the house by painting it in true colours when all the pastel colours we see are a result of fading not taste. Bow and arrow guy obviously stole his wife's Athleisure wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Holy shit, the detail on some of those..... like the roman's cape..... wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Yeah, it's really crazy @misteraven. Most of these statues you posted are at the acropolis museum, i've seen them live numerous times and still can't stomach the fact that they where once colored so vividly. An interesting fact is that color was limited in ancient times and hence very expensive and luxurious. We judge color today based on the limitless options we have on the full spectrum but once you realize that in ancient times blue was so expensive that only kings and gods could wear it the whole thing spins into a whole new perspective. The other thing, concerning ancient greek sculpture and architecture, is that the monochromatic marble version (once color was gone from the surface) has been very influential to artists and architects that are known for keeping things at a minimal. Henry Moore and Walter Gropius just to name a few. PS. Speaking of archeology, can i get my post count back?! haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 34 minutes ago, Tesseract said: Yeah, it's really crazy @misteraven. Most of these statues you posted are at the acropolis museum, i've seen them live numerous times and still can't stomach the fact that they where once colored so vividly. An interesting fact is that color was limited in ancient times and hence very expensive and luxurious. We judge color today based on the limitless options we have on the full spectrum but once you realize that in ancient times blue was so expensive that only kings and gods could wear it the whole thing spins into a whole new perspective. The other thing, concerning ancient greek sculpture and architecture, is that the monochromatic marble version (once color was gone from the surface) has been very influential to artists and architects that are known for keeping things at a minimal. Henry Moore and Walter Gropius just to name a few. PS. Speaking of archeology, can i get my post count back?! haha. Nice insight and glad to see you post. Just looked through the member database and can't find an imported version of your user name as I suspected. Do you have any idea what your count was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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