The exhibition invites visitors to contemplate an artistic legacy defined by the artist’s profound emotional depth and unmatched technical mastery.

Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.

Torlonia Foundation/Photo by Lorenzo De Masi Share Any temporary exhibition of ancient Roman sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago would be notable, because 44 years have passed since the ...

"This tomb has wonderful paintings that were preserved remarkably ... will feature more archeological discoveries from ancient Roman times from around the city, like wine and olive presses and ...

A pair of ancient tombs featuring paintings of Greek mythological characters, in one of the world’s oldest urban areas, will soon be open to the public. Located in the Israeli coastal city of ...

Photo / Palazzo Talìa Want to experience the magic of Ancient Rome without the queues or pricey tickets? Michelle Tchea ...

“It’s amazing to see in recent years how these ‘ancient’ spaces are engaging with contemporary art.” Just as artists are attracted to history, Rome’s contemporary art scene is ...

The Ancient Roman historian Suetonius said Augustus boasted ... ranging from Old Master paintings to engravings, including Piranesi prints, and photographs, and many by the author himself.

Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts provide evidence that statues were ...

The painting serves as an allegory of alchemy ... Caravaggio dresses him as an ancient Roman soldier, breaking from his usual contemporary clothing. A towering horse dominates the frame, its ...

Encaustic painting was a technique of painting with colored molten wax that originated in Ancient Greece. Over the following centuries, it traveled to Rome and Egypt and was later adopted by early ...

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