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To: SunkenCiv

IIRC, Greek statues were also painted.


4 posted on 05/21/2013 7:30:39 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Moonman62

Ditto


6 posted on 05/21/2013 7:40:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Moonman62

IIRC, Greek statues were also painted.
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YUUUP , the Acropolis originally looked like a rainbow colored gay bath-house. Those greek “men” sure knew how to use color ,, artful interior dick-orators they were ...


16 posted on 05/22/2013 3:39:37 AM PDT by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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To: Moonman62; Inyo-Mono; BenLurkin; SatinDoll; Ruy Dias de Bivar; Neidermeyer

Two words — lawn dwarves. ;’)

Not to stir up a hornet’s nest, but decades ago, some genius at the British Museum decided that the Elgin Marbles (friezes that had been cut out of the Parthenon) needed to be sandblasted, because the statues should be pure white marble. So, the 2500 year old original paint job was removed.


21 posted on 05/22/2013 9:01:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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