What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

The lost, colorful beauty of an iconic set of ancient Greek sculptures has been revealed by a scientific study. The latest research into the Parthenon Sculptures sheds new light on the original ...

It is known that ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were colorfully finished, rather than the commonly seen white marble statues, as some still have traces of paint. However, if the colors of such ...

In Ancient Greece in 530 BCE, visitors to the grave of a young boy and girl would have gazed toward the sky and seen a brightly painted sphinx perched atop the 13-foot marble stele that marked the ...

ATHENS, Feb 13 (Reuters Life!) - Deep red lips, bright yellow togas and flashy multicolored tights are hardly associated with the classical beauty of ancient Greek statues. The sudden splash of color ...

PART IV: The Technique of Architectural Polychromy. Light & Shade as Media for developing Tone Interest in Flat Color. The Greek Method for NeutralizingAntagonistic Tones. In the preceding part of the ...