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New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.
The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...
The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble ... Experts think the artwork is a Roman replica of a lost Greek bronze statue created by the sculptor Leochares around 330 B.C.E. The sculpted ...
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute ... blessed with the poise of the noble and famous, yet also slightly shy. As if, after centuries of gazes ...
Its namesake museum contains busts of Roman emperors, statues – including a famous one of Marcus Aurelius – and paintings by Caravaggio and Battista, among others. It also offers spectacular ...
The Romans were great builders, engineers and architects: Arches - the Romans were famous for building arches ... battle scenes and topped with heroic statues. Columns or pillars - the Romans ...