The old lighting emphasized the mellow golden color the marble has taken on over the centuries…
Though its intention may have been to restore the dazzling whiteness of the Pentelic marble, which is mentioned in all contemporary accounts, the new set-up just makes it look grey…
Below is Mt. Penteli, nobly scarred by centuries of rock-quarries for its high-quality, blazzingly white marble. Everything beautiful the Athenians ever built came from this mountain.
Me, I'm Nicholas Bakos, a.k.a. "NikoBako." I'm Greek (Roman really, but when I say that in English some five people in the world today understand what I'm talking about, so I use "Greek" for shorthand). I'm from New York. I live all over the place these days. The rest should become obvious from the blog.
See "JADDE: THE MISSION AND STARTING OFF, the blog's first entry below, and JADDE: THE NAME OF THIS BLOG for my general agenda:
Please contact me with comments, questions, complaints or -- please -- corrections at: nikobakos@gmail.com and on Twitter: @jaddeyekabir
Jadde: from Bosnia to Bengal
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