To: Sam Cree
It absolutely did. Polyclitus's Hera was polychrome, gold and ivory. As was Phidias's famous statue of Athena in the Parthenon.
I just used the Peplos Kore' because I knew (from that long-ago archaeology class) that some of her original paint survived and figured that somebody had done a reconstruction (and they had.)
This is the copy in Nashville. That's real 24k gold, BTW.
14 posted on
02/26/2006 6:12:30 PM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother
This too, I guess?
Did the Romans paint their sculptures as well?
Thanks
15 posted on
02/26/2006 6:32:17 PM PST by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality) - ("Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
To: AnAmericanMother
This is the copy in Nashville. That's real 24k gold, BTW.
And note that the little statue in Athena's hand is life size.
19 posted on
02/26/2006 7:18:52 PM PST by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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