Polychromy in Greek Sculpture

This strong prejudice was of course natural. Ever since the Renaissance, artists had produced white marble sculpture, in imitation, oddly enough, of the Greek and Roman examples known to them, which in the course of time had lost their coloring. It was not easy to give up a belief that had been held for generations and one that had, moreover, started a new practice; for previous to the Renaissance colored sculpture had been the rule. However, as soon as the problem was attacked in the modern scientific spirit the result was inevitable. The statements of ancient writers and the actual traces of color on extant Greek and Roman sculptures were too strong evidence to admit of further doubt that