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.
Kinda reminds me of painted mesoamerican sculptures
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
share a picture!
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
That's a pretty psychedelic color scheme.
Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!
Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.
Generally speaking, ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world
Illustrations of the past should go to !historyillustrations@lemmy.world
Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world
