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Ostia Antica HISTORY on Twitter: "The majority of Greek and Roman marble sculpture was painted. Based on examination of “paint ghosts” on the original statues, traces of paint detectable with ultraviolet lights
![This is a depiction of how statues were painted in Ancient Rome. To our eyes, this looks garish. What do you think? | Arte romano, Escultura romana, Romanos This is a depiction of how statues were painted in Ancient Rome. To our eyes, this looks garish. What do you think? | Arte romano, Escultura romana, Romanos](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/69/a4/d669a4f6319e62388e676d8223cd2b42.jpg)
This is a depiction of how statues were painted in Ancient Rome. To our eyes, this looks garish. What do you think? | Arte romano, Escultura romana, Romanos
![Ancient greek and roman statues were actually paintend with bright colors but the paint fade with time. : r/interestingasfuck Ancient greek and roman statues were actually paintend with bright colors but the paint fade with time. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/kskodhus5x071.png?auto=webp&s=23e8e31beb80bf73e0215d05efd0cba2bea0c69a)
Ancient greek and roman statues were actually paintend with bright colors but the paint fade with time. : r/interestingasfuck
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Gods in Color′: Shining new light on ancient statues | Culture | Arts, music and lifestyle reporting from Germany | DW | 03.02.2020
![Colourful Greek statue at the ROM questions Western civilization's ties to whiteness - The Globe and Mail Colourful Greek statue at the ROM questions Western civilization's ties to whiteness - The Globe and Mail](https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/DBJYKJMB3NATBIAWGR465XD4HY.jpg)