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I wonder whether I think the 'traditional" blank white statues look more dignified because that's what I'm familiar with, or because they actually do look more

• nooneelse 16y ago
  Well, it seems to me that without the colors one can project different expressions onto the face, and thus one can read it as more dignified. With the paint, the possible expressions are narrowed down toward what expression the painter put there.
• hugh3 16y ago
  The particular pictures in the article look fairly awful; you'll notice they all have a bunch of bright primary colours right next to each other. I can only think of one place you'd see that many bright colours close together nowadays, and that's on a clown outfit. Go ahead, you try looking dignified when you're wearing that archer's pants.
• byw 16y ago
  Maybe in the modern world we've developed colour fatigue from over-exposure. Back then very few man-made objects were brightly coloured, so the vivid ones tend to stand-out. They also speak for the level of craftsmanship and thus value.