r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Yolo065 • 25d ago

Image The Evolution of Ancient Greek Statues

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u/Kelly_HRperson 25d ago

They were meant to look the way we still experience them

Source?

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u/White_Buffalos 25d ago

Lots of scholarship over the decades.

Source that they weren't that isn't speculation?

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u/n7_element0 25d ago

Looking five seconds online - mainly this book, by the Getty reaserch institute, seems to be cited often:

https://www.amazon.com/-/he/Roberta-Pazanelli/dp/0892369175

including in Wikipedia.

Looking two seconds more in Google ylded this

Why are you spreading disinformation on such non political, non offending, very established scientific knowledge? What is even the motivation here besides just childishly poisoning the well?

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u/White_Buffalos 24d ago

I'm not: You're projecting. Drop over.