Bringing history to life ??

**Runmonty** · 10-17-2013, 07:03 AM

I saw something recently that has prompted me to explore colourisng statues. Here is a very quick first attempt. The colours are not really matching, but this was more a proof of concept for me.

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**Marko** · 10-17-2013, 09:43 AM

Might be interesting and good start - need to see a 2-3 of them though.

**Mad Aussie** · 10-17-2013, 03:56 PM

From an art point of view I can see the appeal in this. The fact it's not a real representation of the subject tends to take it away from 'photo' and well towards 'image' in my mind.

**Runmonty** · 10-17-2013, 06:32 PM

Thanks for the comments guys. MA I agree it certainly isnt intended to be a true representation of the scene.

The thing that struck me when I first saw this was approach (I cant recall where and didn't save the link) was my extra appreciation of the subject of the sculpture. I often walk past statues and only give them a cursory glance, if I look at them at all. By colourising them I felt that I had a better appreciation of the person represented, and I must confess the act of Photoshopping gave me a better appreciation of the detail of the sculpture that I would ordinarily not appreciate.