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The statues on the pediment of the Philadelphia Museum of Art are painted in the old style: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pediment,_Philly_Art_Museum_

• sbov 16y ago
  Those look much better than the colored statues in the original article. Any idea if the difference is due to the lighting, the quality of the job, or historical accuracy?
  • Luc 16y ago
    Here's a different couple of reconstructions: http://www.leica-microsystems.com/news-media/our-customer-magazines/resolution-materials-technology/materials-technology-resolution-no-4/ancient-feast-of-colour/ http://www.leica-microsystems.com/news-media/our-customer-ma... I think the ones in the original article are painted on plaster replicas and the lighting is horrid compared to the professionally lit marble sculptures. It does seem hard to believe the artists would have caked on 'fond de teint' on the face and arms of the statue like in the reconstruction, without any subtlety, and losing all the lovely skin-like glow of marble.
  • greendestiny 16y ago
    I imagine a huge number of shades and variations would give similar spectrograph results a couple of thousand years later.