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- aral123, on 10/10/2007, -5/+43This is brilliant! I had no idea that colour was used on ancient statues...although I never really thought about it. This article is a big eye opener!
- zcreem, on 10/10/2007, -2/+33Can you make a quick list of all the stuff you know so we won't bother you with old news again.
- lazerus9, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25Wow! The next thing your going to tell me is that the people the statues were modeled from didn't really have their arms chopped off!
- rgodfrey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19The sculptures of the pediment of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (installed in 1932) reflect this theory.
http://flickr.com/photos/benhelleman/49497551/
http://flickr.com/photos/janettowbin/340989382/ - ohsin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19some pics here:
http://manolism.math.upatras.gr/image/tid/15 - joot2112, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17"David", being naked, wouldn't require much color. Mostly just the hair, I guess. I think I prefer that particular statue as all white.
- 0hffs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13pay homage to the likeness of the lead poisoned aristocrat...
- scabbers, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Time to paint the Whitehouse!
- maxa, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Here is a link to the German museum that has painted interpretations of the statues:
http://www.geo.de/GEO/kultur/veranstaltungen/53648 ...
Stiftung Archäologie is where Harvard got their article image from. - xxeyes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Not only ancient statues, but the architecture as well:
http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Parthenon_colo ... - omnithought, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8So they were like miniatures...but...big.
- masterfoo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Go somewhere else, Troll.
- Aggaman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Plato mentions it in the Republic. He makes some joke about it being stupid to paint a statue completely purple, even if it is your favourite colour. I thought this was common knowledge.
- Marrach, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6 It fits. I watched HBO's Rome and I was instantly struck by how colorful everything was. Even the columns were painted!
Granted, I have to be wary when drawing History conclusions from Hollywood and cable studios, but when I was growing up, all the movies about Rome were nothing but White marble and all the people wore nothing but starched white linens. Coupled with the statues in the museums, I thought this was normal. - Andyschism, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I too did not know they had color. This really shows them differently, very beautiful.
- Gerz1219, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Well, David was never painted, because Renaissance artists didn't know that the classical statues they were imitating had once been painted. Which kind of illustrates the point that we tend to think of painted sculptures as garish simply because the paint's faded off the ancient Greek and Roman works, and that's what we're used to.
- zcreem, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Not only the statues but also their Temples were brightly painted too, including the Acropolis in Athens.
- GeyserShitdick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I'm guessing you've never actually seen a picture of David, or even heard of it before this comment.
You're a goddamned retard. - shawnanigans, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I don't want to an *****...But, you don't have to say you have digged(sp?) someone's comment. You see the little green button? Ya, when you press that the number of diggs goes up by 1 and the guy gets the point.
- Smight, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9sculptures look better painted.
- Davekcon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5but world war one was still fought in black and white right?
- alexforcefive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4No-one paints bronze statues either, you know
- tingrin87, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4same here-
we had a class called Western Heritage that tought all this stuff (i know that at other schools it's called Western Traditions, or something similar) - Vonzell, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Wow, Looks like bad taste was not invented in the 70's.
- xister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yes- and WW2 was fought in Technicolor.
- nullcodes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3David was black!
Ok, I'm kidding.
He was chinese. - lordsteve, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This actually makes sense considering the blank eyes look pretty creepy without painted pupils
- foshizol, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Nice find my man.
- Koldewyse, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Yeah, so about all those naked sculptures... skin-tight garb, anyone?
Oh god. - bmobile, on 10/25/2007, -0/+3Sadly, I wish it was common knowledge. I like to think I'm fairly learned but I didn't know this at all actually. I'm glad I do because it makes things make so much more sense. I wish students these days took as much of an interest in Greek and Roman history as I do. It's such a fascinating time in history and we (the USA) are doomed to repeat many of Rome's political and military mistakes if we're not careful.
- MellerTime, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Nope, they never mentioned sculptures and art at all in history. They certainly never mentioned that sculptures were painted...
- bat-21, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The eyes weren't painted. Sculptors used elaborately carved gemstones. Unfortunately, they were usually stolen.
- Ayavaron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3It'd be pretty ugly since a null texture is usually some kind of noisy and unsightly mess. It'd be pretty much unplayable.
Just a few years ago, shading techniques in computer and video games were so weak anyway that pretty much all the lighting information had to be baked into the texture. - whataboutdave, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Word. I've known this for a while.
- johnn11238, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Nice article. The emulation of classical styles was not only a hallmark of the Renaissance artists, but a reflection of the religious notions of the era, namely that the ancient world was perfect, and things were getting worse and worse, heading toward the Apocalypse. Hmmmm. Sort of like the notions of some religious people today, come to think of it...
- xister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Methinks Mr. Holcombe got his ass in hot water...
- xister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah- unfortunately, those notions seem to go on forever. Sort of an extension of the feeling that "Things were so much better when I was a kid!" syndrome and the feeling by so many people that the world's going to hell in a handbasket.
- xister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Actually it was... 470 B.C.E. was the first recorded instance of bad taste kicking off a whole decade of bad clothing choices for the "Persian about town". Seems that "mirrored orbs" were popular too.
Sorry, I was just over at Uncyclopedia. - wassim2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1For some reason, I thought that there would be pictures. Oh well.
- Blandyman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1He mixed him up with the Goliath, duh.
- WoollyMittens, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2If that is so and those ancient sculptures were painted over, then why did they need to be unblemished marble?
- Blandyman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Dugg is the proper terminology :)
- tdillo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Thanks maxa
- an0nymous, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5The Elgin Marbles scandal:
http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/marbles/cleanin ...
http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/news_and_d ... - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Because unblemished marble doesn't have cracks and inclusions running through it that makes carving difficult or impossible. Quality materials make quality work possible.
Look at it this way: Would you like the support beams of your house to be made from the crappiest, knot-filled, twisted pieces of wood possible? Why not? After all, they'll be covered by drywall and paint. - Achaean, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1yay, an article that somewhat pertains to classics on digg!
- tdillo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That was interesting, enjoyed the language in the letters, we don't write that way any more.
- carpespasm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1macroatures?
- dotorg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0David would require just as much color, if it was painted, as any other statue... I mean, I doubt someone oh that physical stature would be all goth/emo.
- ninjasteeve, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1mmm tasty lead....
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