This is a textbook example of the trope reality is unrealistic [1]. Those sculptures look kitschy and childish when painted. Seeing them that way destroys my childhood image of the ancient Greeks. It's so strange!
It fits right in with my struggle to imagine the 19th century and early 20th century as being anything other than black and white, since almost (exceptions exist [2]) all of the photos from back then were monochrome.
It fits right in with my struggle to imagine the 19th century and early 20th century as being anything other than black and white, since almost (exceptions exist [2]) all of the photos from back then were monochrome.
[1] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsUnreali...
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alim_Khan_(1880%E2%8...