The cultural and scientific revolutions that define the Renaissance were kickstarted in large part by Europe’s rediscovery of lost Roman sculpture. Inspiring the likes of Raphael, Donatello, ...
The Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., is one of two U.S. institutions to host the Torlonia Foundation’s exhibition “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” The ...
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is a North American stop for an exhibit featuring 58 Roman marble sculptures from the Torlonia Collection. Some museum visitors got an early look at the artworks ...
On view at Villa Albani Torlonia is "Eros in a chariot pulled by wild boar," a kind of super-pastiche in which only the hindquarters of one boar are ancient, along with the relief on the chariot and ...
How much do we actually know about the roots of Roman Art? Elizabeth Marlowe is an Associate Professor of Art and Art History at Colgate University. Her research focuses on Ancient Roman art and its ...
The statue of Athena had been housed in William Weddell's estate in England since the 1700s. Halsted A&A Foundation With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The 2023 fall season at the Cleveland Museum of Art is not going exactly as planned. Ohio’s biggest art museum has been gearing up for the opening on Sunday, Sept. 10, of a major ...
NEW YORK — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands ...
New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.