We examine the use of color in ancient art to designate role, status, nature, and more, and discuss causes for the disappearance of polychromy in ancient art.
Side note: Why does the Egyptian God Osiris sometimes appear with black skin and sometimes with green skin?
Names dropped: Zeus, Athena, Olympians, Giants, Gaia, Osiris
This recording comes complete with all the juicy, unscripted, live-action museum gallery accents of noisy kids, beeping proximity alarms, and echoing reverb. Please forgive the poor sound quality.