How ancient Greek statues really looked

[Zostrianos]

Recently an archeologist discovered that ancient Greek and Roman statues, contrary to popular belief, were actually brightly painted. Unfortunately, most looked horribly cheesy...

http://100swallows.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/greek-statues-were-painted/

http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/roman-warrior-sculpture-repainted.jpg

http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/01/03/1199408271_4134/539w.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CSODPWIxsd8/TUKOgMK_NGI/AAAAAAAAAU8/bgskl6Z834Q/s1600/WhitePersiansandGreeks.jpg

[Lucretia]

Yes, they were originally highly colorful.

[Book O'Dead]

Only as an adult did I realize that Greek art was as colorful as the above examples.

Thanks for the refresher!

[Princess Luna]

In a world without photography or video or even printing presses, brightly colored statues would seem to far more preferable then bland white marble, also on the subject of greek/roman statues for some reason these kinds of have always creeped me out
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3378717343_0f964fd223.jpg

[Yuppie Grinder]

They look much better now. They looked corny as shit like that. Maybe in 1500 years iPads and McDonalds signs will seem really esoteric and beautiful to people.

[Luc]

hehe third pic has orange pubes :D

[ckaihatsu]

No wonder the "barbarians" invaded and chopped off the limbs...!

(HAR!)

[Spirit]

That's actually very old news :lol:

but I guess the world is out of new stuff happening on it, so journalists have to repeat news every once in a while :lol:

[o well this is ok I guess]

I'm not sure if I could fight with my junk waving around.
That just feels sorta vulnerable.