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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2010 19:54:57 GMT
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Post by Avery on Aug 22, 2010 20:07:52 GMT
Yes, it quite well understood the pigments used in acient art. For instance the Pyramids were once gleaming with a coating, and the entryways in place of Egypt were so colorful they would be considered gawdy by todays standards Time is not as kind to paint and paste as it is to marble and other stone.
Hadn't seen that site, though. Good find!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2010 20:09:08 GMT
Yeah, I remember from a history class that the Ancient World was very colorful ; many buildings and statues were brightly colored. Unfortunately, most of these colors didn't survive, giving us the impression that all these objects were white or grey.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2010 21:50:15 GMT
I think I remember reading some historian saying that if the ancients had had fluorescent and day-glo colors they would have gone nuts with 'em...
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Post by sparky on Aug 22, 2010 22:07:59 GMT
Darn, I've been telling my kids that color wasn't invented till the mid 1940's. I'll have to make sure they are not looking over my shoulder when I read this tread. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2010 23:03:22 GMT
Sparky HAHAHAHAHAHAH
As a kid, I was convinced that anything before the 1950's was in black and white and I felt bad for the people who lived before then. It only made sense. I mean, why are all the old movies in black and white?
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Post by brotherbanzai on Aug 22, 2010 23:48:00 GMT
Like ancient garden gnomes I remember when I first read about that and thought, "blaa, I like them much better in bare stone."
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Post by YlliwCir on Aug 22, 2010 23:56:43 GMT
I always wondered why the eyes didn't have iris' and pupils.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2010 6:20:58 GMT
Like ancient garden gnomes I remember when I first read about that and thought, "blaa, I like them much better in bare stone." I've gotta agree with ya there. Some of the just pure marble statues gain a certain simple elegance about them w/o any color
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2010 20:39:57 GMT
Ah no worries about getting this thread hammered up with PC police fallschirmjager. Actually when I stumble upon those picture, my first impression was,... gee that was very tacky, though you did mentioned it, it does kinda look gay (no offense to the gay community of course, since the word has unfortunately so many different connotations ) On another note, I was intrigued at color choices used on their statues/drawings/art. Do people back in those days find it beautiful as oppose to tacky? Or were the colorful pigments used in decoration a symbol of wealth and abundance, in light of the difficulty in finding/manufacturing certain color pigments back then?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2010 20:50:59 GMT
It looks like 1st century AD Edward Cullen.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2010 21:35:42 GMT
If Augustus was still around, he'd stab you in the gut with a rusty knife for that insult About the people's tastes back then, I'd say we have no clue on that. Personnaly, I think they didn't find that as tacky as we do, because they didn't have access to the gazillions colors we have today (just go to paint store... ya need green ? Pick one of th 50 different shades of green they have ). Hell, just think about how people react to the haircuts of the 80ies
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Post by sparky on Aug 23, 2010 21:36:20 GMT
On another note, I was intrigued at color choices used on their statues/drawings/art. Do people back in those days find it beautiful as oppose to tacky? Or were the colorful pigments used in decoration a symbol of wealth and abundance, in light of the difficulty in finding/manufacturing certain color pigments back then? I figure it was kinda dark back then, no electric lighting just candles and torches, that maybe the brighter colors kinda brightened up the room.?.?. They also didn't have 1 million shades of off white to chose from at the local Home Depot. ;D This of coarse is my non scientific and uneducated opinion! Sparky HAHAHAHAHAHAH As a kid, I was convinced that anything before the 1950's was in black and white and I felt bad for the people who lived before then. It only made sense. I mean, why are all the old movies in black and white? That's funny because my kids like the older movies and one of their favorite is The Wizard of Oz. And of coarse Jock De'Color's invention of color happened right in the middle of that movie! ;D Just ask my kids they'll tell you. Though they are starting to learn to ask Mom if Dad is right when I tell 'em stuff now.
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