PRINCETON, NJ — Too many Greek vase jokes are lost in translation. For example, this duel between Achilles and Hector looks serious. But tragicomic ironies abound in ancient epic. The Trojan war ...

“It was very important to me that this object meets both the high standards of quality that the CMA holds dear and that it has a very long and well-documented modern history,’’ Pevnick said. The ...

Athenian Potters and Painters: Greek Vases from Virginia Collections opens at The College of William & Mary's Muscarelle Museum of Art on August 18, 2012. The exhibit features vases on loan from ...

Ancient Greek vases have been found in tombs, sanctuaries, and other kinds of deposits in Greece, Italy, Asia Minor, the Levant, Spain, and other lands surrounding and beyond the Mediterranean Sea (1) ...

“If it’s full of Theory and jargon, put it in the bin”, said the books editor. The trouble with Jeffrey Hurwit’s Artists and Signatures in Ancient Greece is that there is not enough theory, or rather ...

TOLEDO, Ohio - We don't know his name, but wow, the guy could paint. The Berlin Painter, a master of ancient Greek vase painting, has thrilled scholars and art lovers since the early 20 th century, ...

Paula Artal-Isbrand, objects conservator at Worcester Art Museum, found herself delicately scraping away at a spot on an ancient Greek vase. “As I was carving it out, a page from an old book and some ...

One of the greatest artists of ancient Athens — that’s fifth century B.C., mind you — will have dozens of his finest vases displayed this summer at the Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art. I know. Wow. The ...

An ancient vase that for years was housed in the elegant galleries of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking up space in a much different place—a prosecutor's office. A warrant was issued ...