Headline should read
New technology reveals ancient Greeks had terrible taste in art.
Thats been the general consensus of opinion as these (re)discoveries have become more widespread. But one is forced to consider how much of our taste for what is and isn't tacky is dictated by centuries of what we thought Greek/Roman art looked like. IOW, if the paints hadn't faded away, would we now be pooh-poohing marble white, empty eyed statues as bland and soulless?
LOL. This shoots my idea of classical Greece. We now know that all those noble warriors were really harlequin clowns, and the alabaster maidens in diaphanous drapes were just painted floozies in floral frocks.