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Were classical statues painted horribly? - Works in Progress Magazine

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Many claim that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from theirs.

Townley Venus, British Museum. 2nd or 3rd century AD. Image Heritage Image Partnership Ltd via Alamy. This is a Roman statue located in the British Museum. It depicts the goddess Venus, perhaps originally holding a mirror. Something you will notice about it is that it looks great. Get the print magazine Subscribe for $100 to receive six beautiful issues per year. Subscribe Below is a Greek sculpture from half a millennium earlier. Antikythera Ephebe, National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Fourth century BC. Image Niko Kitsakis via Wikimedia Commons. One of the treasures recovered from the f

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