Show did the paint their sculpture sculptures in 1884 professor published a pamphlet entitled sollen wistre beni be malen alen ought we to paint our statues which made a profound impression on the artistic world and the perusal of this led me to give the matter careful attention being in europe at the time I 1 had excellent opportunities for investigation and starting absolutely without bias or preconception I 1 made careful rot cotes Cs of every bit of evidence pro and con which I 1 came upon during a trip through greece and italy and also in the larger northern museums as a result of which I 1 became convinced of the following points that from the beginning of their art of sculpture through its whole course it was the custom of the greeks and following them the romans to paint their marble statues and that this application of color was not restricted strict ed to bertain details but covered the entire surface of the marble both nude parts and draperies with the possible exception of portions where the natural color of the marble served its purpose in the general scheme that the colors used were not merely tints but strong body colors the tile aim of 0 the artist being to imitate nature in the matter of color just so far tara taras pus s the sculpture itself did in that of form that is with A conventional idealization or tion by which the unpleasant features of realism were avoided edward robinson Il in century |