A painter who encountered Weddell on his Grand Tour of Rome once remarked that the collector had “[bought] such a quantity of pictures ... to the statue’s subject as Minerva, the Roman ...
Torso pieces were also found in the same region. Researchers believe they belong to statues of Artemis—goddess of hunting, ...
The city of Perga was renowned throughout the Roman Empire for its skilled laborers’ production of marble statues, exporting high-quality work across the empire. The ancient city (located in ...
Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...
researchers found another nearly 2-metre-tall statue of a woman with features from the time of Roman emperor Severus, who ruled from 193AD to 211AD. “According to the initial findings ...
Diadoumenos, statue of Delos. Photo: G Da / Wikimedia Commons Historically, the study of Greco-Roman art has focused ...
Researchers uncover that ancient Greek statues were not just painted and dressed but also perfumed, adding a new dimension to ...
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that a marble statue of Hermes had been uncovered at Aspendos, an ...
A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology has revealed a little-explored aspect of ancient art: the use ...