We just learned about Athena Parthenos.
Another famous Hellenistic Greek sculpture is the Lady In Blue, also known as Dame en Bleu.
This type of sculpture is called a Tanagra figurine, because it was made in a town of Tanagra Greece, where artists made many of the same type of sculpture long ago.
The sculptures were painted with a liquid white coating, and then painted over with other colors like blue, red, pink, yellow or brown.
The tanagra figurines were sculptures of real women and men just wearing normal clothes, with hats, wreaths or fans.
They were made in layers, so there would be a sculpture for the clothing that was made over top of the sculpture of the person.
(from: wikipedia - tanagra figurine)
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