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everyone is like \u201coh actually the ancient statues probably had sophisticated shading and highlights\u201d as if our modern civilisation isn\u2019t filled with garish Ronald McDonald statues despite being a million times wealthier

Our society is wealthy enough for disposable statues.\u00a0

making art that looks like utter shit as an ostentatiously costly signal

archaeologist, sweating and visibly distressed: although these statues look horrifying today, the ancients had a sophisticated grasp of the visual arts and would have applied subtle shading – sadly long since faded – to enhance the sculpture,

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