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DBoon

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5. Didn't the Romans paint their statues to be colorfully lifelike?

Reply to barbaraann (Original post)

Wed Jul 12, 2023, 05:47 PM

Jul 2023

I heard they were not originally white - that happened after the thousand or so years before Europeans rediscovered Roman sculpture, during which time the paint vanished.

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Beautiful!! Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #1

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amazing.... bahboo Jul 2023 #4

Didn't the Romans paint their statues to be colorfully lifelike? DBoon Jul 2023 #5

Yup. barbaraann Jul 2023 #6

Amazing perspectives. Thank you! Kid Berwyn Jul 2023 #7

You're welcome! barbaraann Jul 2023 #8

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