Across history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a prominent figure of beauty and love, and many statues have been built in ...
Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce” runs through June 22 at the Meadows Museum in Dallas.(Guy Rogers III) ...
For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.
But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...
New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity were ...
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...
The San Antonio Museum of Art’s spring exhibition blends new photography and historical works depicting Hindu deities.
Not only were ancient sculptures multi-colored, they were also scented with perfumes, oils, and flower arrangements.
As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...
At Leeds Art Gallery, the artist obliquely references his own diasporic family history whilst resisting the exploitation of identity ...
Cecilie Brøns, who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art ... of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild ...
Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours and now a Danish ...