Gauls were a TRIBE of the Celts. So, no need to switch to "Celt" instead of Gaul, because Gaul is more specific (ancient French), and a part of the vast Celtic lands and peoples
Actually, many Celts went into battle nude... And they believed that the greatest thing that a Warrior could do was to die in battle! And in their known part of the world, they were very feared!... Because they would happily, and fiercely throw themselves into a battle, on the chance that they would die that day! Video: Professor Barry Cunliffe: Who Were the Celts? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G8FM9nMFbfI.html
*_I love that northwestern european people, germans, french and english people in the comments are eager to defend the pride of this statue because they know this gaul is their own ancestor, killed by the very people europe now worships as the founder of western civilisation and that's exactly the point of this statue. It's a source of shame to northern europeans and you can hear it in the narrators voice. He knows this statue is depicting his defeated ancestor._*
Hello Carel another brilliant video , fascinating. do you think all these sculptors were painted over with flesh tones, or just the ones on the outside of buildings. personally i have reaservations as to this practice of over painting, if they were all to be painted why did they go to great lengths to source intresting looking marble, you will know the name of a very hard red marble they used for some of the ceasers busts. thank you peace and happiness
I think they usually painted white marble. Often you see coloured marble in parts of busts. Mostly in the clothing. I am not sure how often the Romans did that though. I can only think of a handful of busts with coloured parts, at the top of my head. But in those cases the coloured marble was added in the baroque era. Something to look into.
The distinctive Celtic features of the spikey haircut and Torque immediately grabbed my attention as a little kid. I had no idea it once had longer hair.
