Giovanni Bellini, Feast of the Gods (1514/1529). Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington. The painting shows a gathering of Roman gods and goddesses, tended upon by satyrs and nymphs in a ...

The cachet of classical mythology in post-classical art may be traced back at least as far as the Renaissance, when Greek and Roman stories and statues became the lifeblood of art, and classical ...

Rather than rare or mystifying findings, works of erotic art were commonplace throughout Ancient Rome and its empire, and many such works in Pompeii depicted the gods of Greek and Roman mythology.

Cupid could arguably be considered one of the most endearing and recognizable Roman gods. A bow and arrow are typically the giveaway, since they most consistently are found in works of art ...

"It is probably the head of a Roman god — we can't be sure of his name ... which combines classical Roman art and regional Romano-British art. Some of the facial features also appear to be ...

A reinstallation of the kind that the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has just opened, displaying its Greek and Roman art, isn’t a remodel or a decorating project, though. The museum has opened a ...

The gestures in fact draw eyes to specific zones of erotic ... The final room, dedicated to various forms of Greek and Roman goddess-worship, includes a large water jar with florid red-figure ...