[James C. Bennett]

Ping!

[swarthyguy]

Very very cool.

Now about all those old movies with white statues.....

[wastedyears]

I prefer them looking old, gray and weathered.

[Red Badger]

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Very interesting. Thanks.

[PATRIOT1876]

Wow! That is really cool!

[Verginius Rufus]

Of course the second statue shown is not Greek—it’s the Prima Porta statue of the Roman emperor Augustus.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Much more attractive (and more interesting) in the au naturel state than painted IMHO.

[DManA]

Headline should read

New technology reveals ancient Greeks had terrible taste in art.

[Oratam]

We like Greek sculpture and architecture to be a chaste white.

The ancient world was painted gaudy colors and probably more resembled this:

than anything we see in movies or textbooks.

[Yardstick]

Makes classical sculpture seem distinctly less classical.

[CrazyIvan]

I found, like, back in the 60’s that blacklight brought
out more color in my Steppenwolf posters too.

[bonnieblue4me]

So, all of the nude statues had clothes painted on them? Sounds very Victorian.

[usurper]

The painted statues have an “It a Small World after all” quality to them. Shudder

[DCBryan1]

GGG ping!

[Jemian]

IMO, the statues look better w/o the paint.

[wildbill]

One wonders what was left of the original colors by the time of the Roman Empire and their admiration of all things Greek during the classical period.

Did Pliny or any of the Roman commentators ever mention the colors on the statues.

Next they are going to tell us that the Venus de Milo was painted like a harlot and her two missing arms had one hand holding up two fingers for the price and the other hand featured a crooked finger giving the “Come here, Sailor” sign.

[BenLurkin]

Sure would hate to be arrowed by somebody who looks that fruity.

[eastsider]

To the gaudy that was Greece
And the fugly that was Rome ...

[Wuli]

Thanks. Loved the pics.

Now we need the ultraviolet light of modern American Conservatism to restore the original limited government hues that were once so clear to everyone in our Constitution.