jehannedepizan:

allbeendonebefore:

is deviantart just down for me or

oh right no one goes on deviantart. XD; damn the one day I was going to submit to askancientgreece.

it’s working for me…?

it’s fine now but however many hours I posted this ago it was not fine.

is deviantart just down for me or

oh right no one goes on deviantart. XD; damn the one day I was going to submit to askancientgreece.

cries ahh finally watched a bientot weehhh

France nii-san how can anyone hate you you’re perfect stop

I feel the need to draw him

does anyone have any idea how to write “Persia” (parsa with a long a at the end) in Old Persian Cuneiform? I’ve been staring at the script but I don’t want to make a mistake. ;w;

ancientpeoples:

Mosaic of the Doves

Mosaic / Intarsia

From an original of 2nd century BC, attribuited to Sosos

Mosaic

cm 85 x 98

Roman

(Source: Musei Capitolini)

workman:

The common perception is that the great statues and buildings of ancient Greece and Rome were all pure unpainted stone or green tarnished bronze, but researchers have been arguing that this may not been what these classic monuments really looked like back in the era of their creation. That, in fact, these statues were quite alive and vibrant, full of color.

Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity is a travelling exhibition of varying format and extent that has been shown in multiple cities worldwide. Its subject is ancient polychromy, i.e. the original, brightly painted, appearance of ancient sculpture and architecture. It features more than 20 full-size color reconstructions of Greek and Roman works, alongside 35 original statues and reliefs.

The color reconstructions are based on close examination of the originals and on scientific analysis of the scarce traces of paint remaining on them. Ultraviolet light, says Ebbinghaus, “brings out ‘paint ghosts,’ differences in the surface structure of the stone caused by different paints and by the weathering of the paints. It can often give you an idea of patterns, even if no pigments survive.” The paint on these reproductions of stone sculptures appears flat, lacking the depth of, say, oil. “We can identify the colorants—mostly minerals and some plants,” says Ebbinghaus, “but binding media are hard to identify. Egg has been used for the reconstructions. If the minerals were ground more finely, a different binding medium used, the paint polished or covered with a protective coating, the effect would be quite different.”

“We now assume that almost all Greek marble sculpture was painted,” she says. “These reconstructions can only be approximations,” but at least they dispel a popular misconception—that most statues of antiquity were plain old white. Plain would not be thought ideal until the Renaissance.

Researchers believe, particalurly Vinzenz Brinkmann who has been doing this research for the past 25 years, that artists used mineral and organic based colors and after centuries of deterioration any trace of pigment leftover when discovered, would have been taken off during any cleaning processes done before being put on display, washing the historical art clear of its true colors.

The findings of this research completley changes the commonly held modern ideas of the ancient world, and the way we view modern sculpture and art today, much of which was based on those classical Greek and Roman styles.

Sources: x x x x.

(Source: nowhere---kid, via quatschmachen)

lupadracolis:

allbeendonebefore:

I was doing some reading and apparently freeborn roman boys wore the Toga Praetexta, which did indeed have a purple stripe. I can see how “crimson” might be used to describe it as the colour would have been something like… 

which might have been more red or deeper purple.

Boys would also wear something called a bulla but I’m not positive what it is…

A bulla was a necklace with the picture of a (usually minor) god on it, to protect the boy and mark him out as the child of a Roman citizen. When he became a man he’d stop wearing it. Freeborn girls wore something similar, but it had a different name, and they stopped wearing theirs when they were married. See, that I do know about. But thank you for the colour!

ahh okay that makes a lot of sense! Thank you!

What I don’t get is the toga praetexta was also worn by adult magistrates… was there a difference between the one for boys and the one for adults? 

actually I screwed up on that picture of Jason by drawing a tunic under the toga where there shouldn’t be oh well it looks better than his jeans awkwardly sticking out or whatever shh I won’t tell if you won’t

twofoursixohpun asked: Thank you!

Thank you? What did I do? @w@;; Um you’re welcome! ;w;

Oh right you asked about Roman names I can’t even remember what I had for breakfast this morning let alone my rambles. You’re very welcome. =w=

I drew this random stormy background and I need to put something on it. So here is Jason Grace in a sort of classic Zeus-throwing-lightning-bolt pose. He’s wearing a toga praetexta- the toga worn by magistrates (including praetors!) and freeborn boys. I don’t have the books with me so I haven’t been paying attention to the description of clothing in the book- it’s not accurate to the book but it’s accurate to history so don’t kill me. XD; 
I drew him wearing his camp t-shirt and shoes though hahaha.