White Lies

Photos from the exhibition “White Lies”, displaying painted greek marble statues. While still not a completely accurate reproduction, modern techniques go a long way to give hints of dyes and hues involved in the original statues.

Athena's snake trim
Athena's snake trim
Ornamented uniform
Practical orthography
Text runs left to right. Unless, of course, it's too cramped to write it that way — in which case Achilles' name is just written backwards.
Painted head
Painted head
Athena's golden earring
Snake details
From Athena's scaley robe.
Painted Persian archer
Greek ornaments
Detail from the godess interpretation
Two interpretations
To the left, the statue interpreted as a temple girl. To the right, the statue interpreted as a godess.
Painted girl
Alexander, painted