Medelhavsmuseet - Upcoming exhibitions

TURNING THE WESTERN IDEAL OF BEAUTY ON ITS HEAD

The ancient statues of white marble were long regarded as bearers of Western cultural identity and markers of superiority.In actual fact, all ancient sculptures were painted – something that was kept a secret from the Italian Renaissance until the present. However, the most astonishing fact is not that ancient sculptures were once painted, but that leading art critics and museum curators managed to conceal this knowledge from the ordinary museum visitor.