Across history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a prominent figure of beauty and love, and many statues have been built in ...

On the surface perhaps, music and painting would seem to have quite a lot in common. They’re both forms of creative expression that can evoke feelings and emotions. Both can transcend language ...

Art is a reflection of our ever-changing reality. The representation may be indirect at times, as artists often use their ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city ...

The Renaissance, as a wall label in Reimagining the Renaissance reminds us, began in Italy six centuries ago but its ...

An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures ... of the ‘nice’ woman who emulates Venus, the goddess of love and marriage, the woman who looks ...

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...