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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1430537, member: 37479&quot;]Hello</p><p><br /></p><p>And yet, most of the architecture and art that the Romans and Greeks developed was painted in full color, except perhaps for the Bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/greek-statues-in-color.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/greek-statues-in-color.html" rel="nofollow">http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/greek-statues-in-color.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/true-colors.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/true-colors.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/true-colors.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/ultraviolet-light-uncovers-original-colors-of-greek-sculptures/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/ultraviolet-light-uncovers-original-colors-of-greek-sculptures/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/ultraviolet-light-uncovers-original-colors-of-greek-sculptures/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese Terracotta Armies are also in color, as are the Freezes of Nimrod at the Brooklyn Museum.&nbsp; The truth is, that not a lot of thought was given to the aesthetics of ancient coinage.&nbsp; They were more about projecting authority and advertising the authority of the state.&nbsp; It might be that there were colorized coins, but one thing is fairly certain, a lot more thought is given today then in the past to the look and aesthetic of coins.&nbsp; If history is any guild, these coins might well look good in 2,000 years.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Amanda[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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