“A white marble statue was not intended to be perceived as a statue in stone. It was supposed to resemble a real god or goddess,” the study’s author, Cecilie Brons, said. Brons is an ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. "A white marble statue ...

"Because most of these statues had lost their colors by the time they were excavated, and because the people of the time were admiring the simplicity of the white color of the marble, and it fit ...

Ancient sculptors were very much interested in color as well as form; the white marble statues we admire looked stunningly different in antiquity. They were painted with a palette that displayed a ...

In Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a white marble statue of Joseph Addison, poet and essayist, by the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott, erected in 1809. He is dressed in classical drapery ...

“A white marble statue was not intended to be perceived as a statue in stone. It was supposed to resemble a real god or goddess,” the author of the study, Cecilie Brons, told the Danish ...

A very large white marble statue was erected in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey in memory of James Watt (died 1819), the great civil engineer, by the sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey. This cost ...

“A white marble statue was not intended to be perceived as a statue in stone. It was supposed to resemble a real god or goddess,” the study’s author, Cecilie Brons, said. Brons is an ...

The tigress died a year ago and its statue will be installed in Sariska by the end of this March. DFO Abhimanyu Saharan said that the white marble statue will cost around Rs seven lakhs and will ...