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Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:50 pm

Interestingly, early Romanesque statuary was originally painted for extra realism.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:51 am

Brian Peacock wrote:Interestingly, early Romanesque statuary was originally painted for extra realism.
So were the insides of Norman cathedrals. The paint was scrubbed off when the country went protestant (so I heard). You can still see faint traces of the original colour on the pillars in Durham cathedral.
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Post by Cormac » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:36 am

So were Greek statues, for example, everything on the Acropolis, IIRC.
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Post by Tyrannical » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:34 am

People would freak if the all the greco-roman architecture in D.C. was painted in the original greco-roman style.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:16 pm

Cormac wrote:So were Greek statues, for example, everything on the Acropolis, IIRC.
This too. :tup:

I vaguely remember seeing an article where they had used forensic techniques to deduce the original colours. :ask:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:39 pm

some blog wrote:Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked



Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that's required to see them as they were thousands of years ago.

Although it seems impossible to think that anything could be left to discover after thousands of years of wind, sun, sand, and art students, finding the long lost patterns on a piece of ancient Greek sculpture can be as easy as shining a lamp on it. A technique called ‘raking light' has been used to analyze art for a long time. A lamp is positioned carefully enough that the path of the light is almost parallel to the surface of the object. When used on paintings, this makes brushstrokes, grit, and dust obvious. On statues, the effect is more subtle. Brush-strokes are impossible to see, but because different paints wear off at different rates, the stone is raised in some places – protected from erosion by its cap of paint – and lowered in others. Elaborate patterns become visible.

Ultraviolet is also used to discern patterns. UV light makes many organic compounds fluoresce. Art dealers use UV lights to check if art has been touched up, since older paints have a lot of organic compounds and modern paints have relatively little. On ancient Greek statues, tiny fragments of pigment still left on the surface glow bright, illuminating more detailed patterns.
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Post by mistermack » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:20 pm

Brian Peacock wrote: But wouldn't we rather be talking about naked tennis players?
That entirely depends on who it is.
Some of them, I'd rather not even think it.
Martina Hingis, yes.
Martina Navratilova, no.

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Post by klr » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:26 pm

mistermack wrote:
Brian Peacock wrote: But wouldn't we rather be talking about naked tennis players?
That entirely depends on who it is.
Some of them, I'd rather not even think it.
Martina Hingis, yes.
Martina Navratilova, no.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:48 pm

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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:07 am

I'd fuck Martina Navratilova. I just bet she does Kegels every night - she's gotta be tight as a vole! :tea:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:12 am

You really take the biscuit sometimes?
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:42 am

Brian Peacock wrote:You really take the biscuit sometimes?
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Is "taking the biscuit" some lesbian term I am unfamiliar with? :dunno:

And even if it is, I'd take Martina's biscuit (always assuming that is physically possible for an heterosexualist male.) :tea:
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Post by klr » Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:46 am

Well, this thread has taken a predictably strange turn, if one can say that. :lol:
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Post by Svartalf » Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:02 am

Brian Peacock wrote:You really take the biscuit sometimes?
Is this impugning 's mental health?
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