Pigments of the Past: How the Ancients Coloured Their World
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Students explore painted artefacts at the Museum and discover the science behind how the ancient Greeks ground, mixed and distilled paints and dyes from a variety of natural materials like saffron, lapis lazuli and sandstone. Students touch and observe these ingredients, and experiment making their own ancient egg tempera paints that were used to create murals in Mycenaean Greece, ancient Egypt, Babylonia and China.This 90 minute workshop begins at 10am, once completed students can explore the beautiful Hellenic museum full of art, sculptors and historic artefacts.
Date
Friday 30 May 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (UTC+10)Location
Hellenic Museum
280 William St, Melbourne VIC 3000
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Pigments of the Past: How the Ancients Coloured Their World
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