New discoveries related to works of art ... the statues of gods and goddesses to make them appear more lifelike. Roman writer Cicero referenced the treatment of a statue of the Greek ...

Cecilie Brøns, who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum ... of these sculptures,” writes Bill Giannopoulos for the Greek City Times.

leaving the stone of most of their statues its natural color. Thus they helped pave the way for neo-Classicism, the lily-white style that to this day remains our paradigm for Greek art.

Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts provide evidence that statues were ...