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

Lysippos was known as one of the three best Classical Greek sculptors of the fourth century BC. He, along with sculptors Scopas of Paros and Praxiteles of Athens, were instrumental in ushering in the ...

Phryne the Thespian was a famed courtesan of Athens, better known for the court case she won by baring her breasts. Her actual name was Mnesarete but people referred to her as Phryne (“toad”) because ...

The statue of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus. Credit: Paolo Villa/CC-BY-SA-4.0 The statue of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, traditionally attributed to Praxiteles, was discovered on May 8, 1877, but ...

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The essence of Aphrodite's power was her ability to provoke desire. Sexual allure was long an intrinsic aspect of Aphrodite, and erotic pleasures were referred to as ta Aphrodisia, "the business of ...

Twin Peaks is a cult classic TV series, which began airing in 1990, about an FBI agent who travels to the eponymous Washington state town to investigate the murder of its homecoming queen, Laura ...

Hermes of Praxiteles statue. Credit: Roccuz, CC BY-SA 2.5 it/ Wikipedia The statue of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, supposedly created by Praxiteles, was discovered on May 8, 1877 but its ...

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 ...

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