The painting serves as an allegory of alchemy ... Caravaggio dresses him as an ancient Roman soldier, breaking from his usual contemporary clothing. A towering horse dominates the frame, its ...

“It’s amazing to see in recent years how these ‘ancient’ spaces are engaging with contemporary art.” Just as artists are attracted to history, Rome’s contemporary art scene is ...

Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.

"This tomb has wonderful paintings that were preserved remarkably ... will feature more archeological discoveries from ancient Roman times from around the city, like wine and olive presses and ...

The Ancient Roman historian Suetonius said Augustus boasted ... ranging from Old Master paintings to engravings, including Piranesi prints, and photographs, and many by the author himself.

A pair of ancient tombs featuring paintings of Greek mythological characters, in one of the world’s oldest urban areas, will soon be open to the public. Located in the Israeli coastal city of ...

Encaustic painting was a technique of painting with colored molten wax that originated in Ancient Greece. Over the following centuries, it traveled to Rome and Egypt and was later adopted by early ...

Torlonia Foundation/Photo by Lorenzo De Masi Share Any temporary exhibition of ancient Roman sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago would be notable, because 44 years have passed since the ...