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Evidence of painted and gilt stone sculpture, of colorful bronze statuary, and of statues of gold and ivory puts greek and roman art.

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Gleaming white marble and limestone sculptures dominate our image of the mediterranean world in classical antiquity.

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Statues influenced famous renaissance artists like michelangelo, raphael, ... traditionally, ancient greek statuary was colorfully painted, not left white, ...

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By aw yusuf — the sculpture of ancient greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient greek art as, with the exception of painted ancient greek pottery, almost no ancient ...

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Greek and roman statues shown in museums and text- books are white—the color of the marble they were carved from. but the ancient greeks and romans.

By bs ridgway · 1987 · cited by 82 — the most important is that of women as sponsors of architectural projects; second is that of women as dedi- cators of statues and other offerings. finally, the ...

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By m norris · 2000 · cited by 2 — and poster). like all ancient marble sculpture, funerary statues and grave stelai were brightly painted, and extensive traces of red, black, blue, and green ...

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Ancient and medieval sculpture was normally painted and at times gilded. ... to the lack of preserved colour on most statues from the greek mainland.21 ...

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This was a popular choice for statues and other decorations. 5. while excavating here, archaeologists have found pieces of greek paintings. 6. cities such as ...