T he myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful ...

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Main: The Statue of Liberty as seen from the Staten Island Ferry on September 9, 2024. Inset: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Main: The Statue of Liberty as seen from the Staten ...

Archaeologists saw the traces of paint and described them, but also immediately produced casts from which they made white plaster statues. They then sent these to world fairs, further leading the ...

Contemporary writings on art, including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed.