newyorker: Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but for centuries, archeologists and museum c
newyorker: Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but for centuries, archeologists and museum curators had been scrubbing away these traces of color before presenting statues and architectural reliefs to the public. Now, scholars are making a color correction. Read the full story, “The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture,” here. -- source link
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