the earliest i know of euros depicting painted greek architecture is 1868's "Phidias Showing the Frieze", it probably wasn't as settled of a question yet, and they were less knowledgable of exterior painting---modelling that has been relatively recent iirc
going up to bat because JWW made really lived in spaces, look at that stone, its dirty, other paintings have cracks and dirt and plants all over, his paintings of honorius and cleopatra are very colored and have textiles all over... Waterhouse is really sumptuous and it's unlikely white marble is a conscious expression of classicism.
the earliest i know of euros depicting painted greek architecture is 1868's "Phidias Showing the Frieze", it probably wasn't as settled of a question yet, and they were less knowledgable of exterior painting---modelling that has been relatively recent iirc
going up to bat because JWW made really lived in spaces, look at that stone, its dirty, other paintings have cracks and dirt and plants all over, his paintings of honorius and cleopatra are very colored and have textiles all over... Waterhouse is really sumptuous and it's unlikely white marble is a conscious expression of classicism.