The busts I am referring to are mostly the busts of heads from great historical or political figures in Greek and Roman history, seeing as the poor of the empires probably wouldn't have had the money to get a bust of themselves. Also, I am not including the Gods and Goddesses in this question because I have seen busts and statues of them both with and without pupils.
2006-08-26 20:10:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The eyes were once painted. Over the years, the color just chipped away.
2006-08-26 20:16:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anastasia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tools of the time. Chipping something as accurate as pupils out of marble 2000+ years ago and taking the chance of miss-chipping an entire statue because you f'd up the pupils was a gamble that artists didn't want to make.
Much easier to make when you are making a casting in bronze, etc.
2006-08-26 20:19:18 · answer #2 · answered by youngliver2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, they did have eyeballs that were painted, & what's more, the whole statue was painted over the white marble you see now. For a long time, people thought the statues always looked this way, but recently, it was discoverd that they were very colorful, but the colors just faded or got washed or shipped away with time.
2006-08-26 20:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by Zeina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the instructors didn't need their pupils help when they were making their busts a or sculptures. The pupils just watched to learn.
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2016-09-30 01:08:59 · answer #5 · answered by grumney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greeks and Romans long ago had no pupils. Their eyes were a holographic radar detection system giving them superior skills of awareness.
2006-08-26 20:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Becuase most Busts were not of Socrates, hence no pupils...ok ok
2006-08-26 20:30:58 · answer #7 · answered by meldorhan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe they were when they were new with colorful panited.
and maybe their pupils were painted with some color and were wash by water and become todays look.
2006-08-27 17:28:03 · answer #8 · answered by HappyWyatt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are not to witness the evils and corruption that plagued the society then
2006-08-26 22:41:14 · answer #9 · answered by KingRichard 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because there were no teachers????
2006-08-28 20:47:35 · answer #10 · answered by debate_gate 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋