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Reproduction Ancient Greek lion (with historically accurate paint) as seen at the Athens Archaeological Museum.
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Kinda reminds me of painted mesoamerican sculptures
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You can't just mention that and not share!
I mean the general style that they did their colored art with, similar pigments and pallets and such
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Not the original person, but here's something mesoamerican that reminds me of the sculpture you shared:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jaguar-ocelotl-cuauhxicalli
Yeah. Many pigments were hard to access or otherwise very expensive. Tyrian purple, for example, was made by boiling a massive amount of rare snails, which is why deep purples were reserved for only the wealthiest of people. In the 1800s, ground up mummies were a fairly common way to make brown pigment.
That's a pretty psychedelic color scheme.