Common errors about Antiquity

[Robert Vermaat]

I have another very common misconception among laymen: that ancient temples were monochrome! You will find good scholarly material to the contrary, and there has been recently even an exposition in Germany which specifically dealt with the subject.

Good one Stefan, I forgot about that one. Of course not just the temples, every statue was pristine white or at best unpainted, as every artist from the Renaissance will be able to tell you.

I wonder what our inner cities would have looked like if our banks, town halls and libraries had followed the ancient example of red/blue/green- etc. coloured walls.....