In addition to smelling wonderful, Greco-Roman statues were also brightly colored and often draped ... terracotta or stone, ...

This is not how people admired these works of art when they were made. Ancient statues were not only painted in bright colors ...

In her article, Brøns notes that some oils and waxes were also used to protect and preserve the statues and their paint. Verity Platt, a professor at Cornell University's Department of Classics who ...

Ancient Greeks and Romans often decorated sculptures with colorful paint, as well as jewelry, fabrics, flowers, garlands and ribbons. Today, ancient Greco-Roman statues housed in museums are ...

Previous research has found traces of pigments from long-faded paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues, showing that works long assumed to be white were in fact highly colorful. More information ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed. Yet many people today are surprised to ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

Greek City Times reports that groundbreaking new research reveals that many Greco-Roman sculptures were not only painted, draped in clothing, and adorned with jewelry, but were even doused in ...

Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced ... Previous research has shown that these statues were painted and sometimes decorated with jewelry and textiles, she writes.