Homer left historians with the impression that the ancient Greeks and Romans had an underdeveloped appreciation of color. The ancients, in fact, were a shade more sophisticated than that and understood color in a completely different way to us, argues Mark Bradley…READ MORE AT…http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bodysphere/5267698
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Were the ancient Greeks and Romans color blind?
Homer left historians with the impression that the ancient Greeks and Romans had an underdeveloped appreciation of color. The ancients, in fact, were a shade more sophisticated than that and understood color in a completely different way to us, argues Mark Bradley…READ MORE AT…http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bodysphere/5267698
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