21-FEB-2006
Quarter-gallery aft end
The dome was purely decorative. In fact not a whole lot of this stuff was not. Purely decorative, I mean.
21-FEB-2006
Quarter-gallery detail
It looks rather drab now, but all this was gaudily painted in bright colours when the ship was new.
21-FEB-2006
Coloured splendour
They have researched the traces of paint pigment that are still to be found on the ship, and here they have reconstructed a small piece of it. Imagine the whole ship looking like this!
21-FEB-2006
Colouring detail
It should be obvious that restraint and good taste were nowhere to be found in this time period. But then again, neither were the ancient Roman statues and temples tastefully marble-white.
