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pqtywlast Thursday at 4:04 PM1 replyview on HN

Well they might as well show the texture of unprocessed marble as well. This is not particularly different.


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notahackerlast Thursday at 4:25 PM

I mean, showing the texture of the underlying stone is how the vast majority of statues from classical antiquity are displayed, and indeed how most pastiches are created.

(and half the objection to the paint jobs comes from the fact we've come to incorrectly associate decorative elements from the classical period with the colours of bare stone)