SAT OwlMany ancient Greek statues that look pure white in museums today were originally painted in bright colors. Over the centuries, most of the paint wore away or was removed during cleaning. Using ultraviolet light, researchers have detected faint traces of pigment on many of these statues. These findings suggest that the modern image of ancient Greek sculpture as plain white marble ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
was shared by the ancient Greeks themselves.
is based only on statues that were never painted.
does not reflect how the statues looked when they were first made.
was created by researchers using ultraviolet light.
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Answer: C
The statues were originally painted, and the paint was later lost. So the white appearance we know today is not how they first looked, choice C.
Choice A contradicts the text; the Greeks saw the statues painted in bright colors, not as plain white marble.
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