It’s not surprising to see naked women in Classical art. If anything, it’s expected. However, female bodies and nudity are ...

One of the world's greatest art treasures resides in the Cleveland Museum of Art and this is its story. Michael Bennett, the museum's curator of Greek and Roman art, presents a volume that is both a ...

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The exhibition and accompanying book will examine the famous sculpture from a number of perspectives—from its technical features and iconography to its importance for understanding the legacy of ...

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, some very old things are getting new treatments in the form of two high-profile exhibitions. Both ‘Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome’ – in danger of not happening only months ago ...

Many thought she was the most beautiful woman of the ancient world. But Phryne had a wit to match, writes Natalie Haynes. “When,” asked Aphrodite, “did Praxiteles see me naked?” The line is attributed ...

Tourists came from near and far to see her. Women visited to pay their respects and beseech her to fulfill their hopes and dreams, while prominent families gave offerings to her on behalf of their ...

As for the Apollo's provenance, the gaps remain. A retired German lawyer, Ernst-Ulrich Walter, said in 2004 that he found the work lying in pieces in 1993 or 1994 when he reclaimed his family's estate ...

Michelangelo once said, ‘every block of stone has a statue inside it and that it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.’ A broader way to put it is that a sculptor’s job entails the wrenching one ...