As an art and architecture history nerd I've always been fascinated by that originally Greek sculpture and the architecture was brightly painted. We're so used to seeing it as the bleached out structures it's almost shocking to see what they most likely looked like originally. https://www.npr.org/2022/07/12/1109...es-werent-white-now-you-can-see-them-in-color
Very cool! I know a lot of art is like that. Makes me wonder how future civilizations will look at what we build/created, although so many things are digital now that I'm not sure how well it will be preserved.
Yeah, anything of worth like gold or silver plating has been looted and paints have faded over time. Euros love Whitewashing history...
Every time I see something from that movie I smile. It just hits the sweet spot of absurd and being actually funny. Mugatu is a top Ferrel performance for me and anytime I hear Blue Steel I chuckle.
I think a lot of architecture back in the day probably looked like this in terms of color. Kind of like the ancient Egyptian sites were colorful and the pyramids had golden capstones that were stolen or eroded over time and much of the artwork/paint on them deteriorated over time. Ancient Egypt and Greece must've looked pretty awesome back in those days.
who the hell paints onto white marble? I don't believe this. ima going to hafta make up a story that it wasn't the OG Greeks who painted their marble, but some later gypsies or 'sumpin a few 100s of years later, thinking painted marble was cool. going to need @rimbaud's opinion on this
Turns out if you're into Greek ruins, you don't go to Greece, but rather Turkey. What's incredible about Ephesus is that they've only excavated 1/4 of the ruins.
Egyptians (not marble), Greeks, and Romans all painted their statuary. White marble sculpture is a total misunderstanding from Renaissance times when they started uncovering these things. Also medieval churches were often planted on the outside. And medieval castles were often colorfully painted on the inside. Most of all of these things would be considered gaudy to the modern eye but that is part misconception and part because we have electric lighting. You need bright colors when you only have small windows and candlelight. One more factoid - 17th century oak paneling was not dark. It was very pale and often those walls were called “silvered”. The dark paneled rooms like were in a lot of houses in the 20th century - especially 50’s and 60’s are again a (mostly 19th century) misunderstanding of the materials. 17th century paneling darkened due to oxidation, dirt, and soot.
Ephesus was known for the Temple of Artemis (one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World), and that was bigger than the Parthenon. It's also known for some important Christian/Eastern Orthodox events (Councile of Ephesus). Then you have sites like Gobekli Tepe that could be one of the oldest human settlements on the planet. People were living in that settlement thousands of years before the Egyptian pyramids were built. Turkey itself would be a pretty amazing visit in terms of archaeology and the ancient world. It doesn't get the credit it deserves for it being one of the foundations of humanity (well, that area, anyway). That's a pretty cool video, btw. I'm going to have to finish watching it later.
A lot of the Egyptian sites still preserve some of the color. In the tombs of the Valley of the Kings you get an idea of how colorful Ancient Egypt was.
off topic but i heard it was similar with the dinos, as they’re mostly depicted as grey or brown in the movies.
Jontro going off script. Exposed. But yes, dinos may have been a lot more colorful, too, including having "hairy feathers".
The ruins in Athens are like an appetizer... It's worthy to note that the expense and upkeep for preserving those institutions are enormous. In many ways, those cities have to shoulder on their cultural past before focusing on the present.
Yes the upkeep especially as Athens develops more is hard pricy. When I was there in 2019 you could go to the acropolis but they wouldn’t let you touch any of the marble to keep it from degrading further. At the same time though they get a lot of tourist and cultural funding to preserve those sites
I like how you accuse others of misconstruing an argument only to then come into a topic unrelated and dragging that argument in. That said there are many people working on finding ways of air and other travel not using fossil fuels. That’s how technology advances. You look for ways of doing things better that cause less harm.
