Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one ... began excavating ancient artworks during the Renaissance, the vibrant pigments had mostly faded ...

The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, which features thousands of Medieval, Renaissance, Greek, Roman and Cypriot antiquities and works of art, is the main attraction on The Ringling museum campus.

Roman writer Cicero referenced the treatment of a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis in Sicily ... of colorless sculptures dates back to the Renaissance," when form was emphasized over color ...

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...

The Vatican Museums, which house some of the world's greatest Renaissance masterpieces ... The sculpture is believed to be a Roman copy of an original Greek bronze statue. It was brought to ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism. The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom ...

He added that the statue was a Roman copy of an ancient Greek original. “Everything pagan was forbidden, and they have joined the new ideology,” Vagalinski said. He added, “but apparently ...

UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to immerse themselves in the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome and trace their influence through history to the present day. Students ...

Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon unexpected treasure this week during a dig in an ancient Roman sewer — a well-preserved, marble statue depicting the Greek god Hermes. The discovery of ...