Josella Waldren: Uk Correspondent On Computer Systems Generating Great Replicas Of Parthenon Sculptures Heather Du Plessis-allan Drive
Recent tests in the course of laser cleaning of the Parthenon revealed shades of blue, red, and green. The pediment statues on the Parthenon, showing the birth of Athena and her battle with Poseidon to rule Athens, had been accented with paint and even bronze accessories. More than time the stones had been bleached in the sunlight, and the neoclassical movements of art in the 18th and 19th centuries embraced a romanticized perceptive of a pristine white previous. However traces…