"Were Ancient Greek statues white or coloured?" Topic

"Under the influence of the Ancient Greek views of art, artists of the Renaissance saw the key to truth and beauty in the past. Renaissance artists studied the sculptures and monuments of Greece and Rome and emulated them in their own work, ie they imitated the art. This perspective of art has echoed down the centuries to influence the appearance of Western art and architecture today.

But were the Renaissance and later artists under an illusion? If those artists had looked more closely they might have found something that would have changed their vision of art and had a profound effect on their own practice…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Courtesy of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Who paints their Scythians like this:

I though the article said it was meant to be Paris, of Troy fame. The article states that the Greeks portrayed the Trojans as Persians.

I didn't think we were supposed to use THAT word anymore….

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Amicalement
Armand

So … I'm thinking the sculptors were in high demand. They must have left the painting to assistants, or possibly specialized artists.

And note that the subjects are frequently martial figures, or otherwise statesmen, heroes, gods, goddesses depicting equally well known narratives, which were transmitted through participatory oral recounting, and also recreated in plays.

Got that? There is a historical profession of painters of military and roleplaying sculptures. These ancients worked in 1:1 scale, or bigger. In our era we carry on the same work but have downsized the subjects in order to work indoors. Hence we say miniatures and models not sculptures.

But our insular little hobby is a noble tradition going back thousands of years!

Yer, but who would have thought that the Trojans or if you prefer, the unmentionables, wore yoga pants.

The traces of the paint are reconstructable- from Egypt to Assyria to Persia to Greece Macedonia and Rome- statues and friezes were painted.

Thanks!.

Amicalement
Armand