Colorizing Statues

Interesting little video clip from the BBC (which is hype for a program, of course) on the evidence for colorization of Roman statuary: How Romans made marble statues ‘real’ (BBC) On the ‘egyptian blue’ thing, check out some of our previous posts: Exhibition: True Colors – Rediscovering Pigments on Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture Pompeiian Pigments

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