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Greek Reporter10d
Where Greek Masterpieces Began: Efforts to Preserve Paros’ Famed Marble Quarries
The neglected marble quarries of Paros which centuries ago produced most of the sculptural masterpieces of ancient Greece are ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Bringing the Color Back to Ancient Greece
Ancient sculptors were very much interested in color as well as form; the white marble ... To the Greeks, the marriage of color and form had deeper connotations, suggests Harvard art historian ...
Archaeology1mon
Ancient Greek Statues Smelled of Perfume
DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their ...
dw1mon
Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
They then sent these to world fairs, further leading the public to associate the ancient Greek statues with whiteness. Bright Greek marble statues such as the "Peplos Kore" may shock many ...
scmp.com7d
Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were scented, study finds
Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently ... these sculptures were also scented. “A white marble statue was not intended to be perceived as ...
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.