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To: SunkenCiv
To: James C. Bennett
Very very cool.
Now about all those old movies with white statues.....
3 posted on
08/20/2010 12:33:35 PM PDT by
swarthyguy
(KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes!Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -Ummrika is almost SmokFrei!)
To: James C. Bennett
I prefer them looking old, gray and weathered.
4 posted on
08/20/2010 12:34:19 PM PDT by
wastedyears
(The Founders revolted for less.)
To: James C. Bennett
5 posted on
08/20/2010 12:34:27 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: James C. Bennett
Very interesting. Thanks.
6 posted on
08/20/2010 12:34:40 PM PDT by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: James C. Bennett
Wow! That is really cool!
8 posted on
08/20/2010 12:34:53 PM PDT by
PATRIOT1876
(Language, Borders, Culture, Full employment for those here legally)
To: James C. Bennett
Of course the second statue shown is not Greek—it’s the Prima Porta statue of the Roman emperor Augustus.
To: James C. Bennett
Much more attractive (and more interesting) in the au naturel state than painted IMHO.
11 posted on
08/20/2010 12:36:23 PM PDT by
SonOfDarkSkies
(Liberals are a Cackle of Rads!)
To: James C. Bennett
Headline should read
New technology reveals ancient Greeks had terrible taste in art.
15 posted on
08/20/2010 12:38:53 PM PDT by
DManA
To: James C. Bennett
We like Greek sculpture and architecture to be a chaste white.
The ancient world was painted gaudy colors and probably more resembled this:
![](http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/18/39/4f/hindu-temple.jpg)
than anything we see in movies or textbooks.
17 posted on
08/20/2010 12:42:08 PM PDT by
Oratam
To: James C. Bennett
Makes classical sculpture seem distinctly less classical.
To: James C. Bennett
I found, like, back in the 60’s that blacklight brought
out more color in my Steppenwolf posters too.
28 posted on
08/20/2010 12:59:30 PM PDT by
CrazyIvan
(What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
To: James C. Bennett
So, all of the nude statues had clothes painted on them? Sounds very Victorian.
29 posted on
08/20/2010 1:01:12 PM PDT by
bonnieblue4me
(You can put lipstick on a donkey (or a dimrat), but it is still an ass!)
To: James C. Bennett
The painted statues have an It a Small World after all quality to them. Shudder
36 posted on
08/20/2010 1:17:25 PM PDT by
usurper
(Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
To: SunkenCiv
41 posted on
08/20/2010 1:35:22 PM PDT by
DCBryan1
(FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
To: James C. Bennett
IMO, the statues look better w/o the paint.
43 posted on
08/20/2010 1:41:34 PM PDT by
Jemian
To: James C. Bennett; SunkenCiv
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.
44 posted on
08/20/2010 1:43:00 PM PDT by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: James C. Bennett
Sure would hate to be arrowed by somebody who looks that fruity.
46 posted on
08/20/2010 1:48:29 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(They do their business behind closed doors, and pretend that the world is just beggin' for more.)
To: James C. Bennett
To the gaudy that was Greece
And the fugly that was Rome ...
To: James C. Bennett
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.
50 posted on
08/20/2010 2:10:52 PM PDT by
Wuli
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