Christian nationalism was a flop when the Puritans tried it. See this famous Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture for information.

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

Cleopatra returned to Egypt as Caesar’s great-nephew and heir, Augustus, teamed up with Marc Antony and Lepidus to fight Caesar’s assassins. By 42 BC, Augustus and his allies had gained the ...

It was quickly followed by “Heroides” (the Heroines), “Medicamina Faciei” (the Art of Beauty), “Ars ... the moral conservatism of the Emperor Augustus. Shortly after Augustus exiled ...

Our head comes from this time, a year or two after Augustus became emperor. It was once part of a full-length statue that showed him as a warrior, slightly larger than life-sized. It's broken off ...

There is a time when God touched him.” Augustus John himself says only that sculpture “thrills me—a new material a new medium, a new problem.” He has no idea what category his style falls ...

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...

This portrait sculpture of Tenby born artist Augustus John was made by Italian sculptress Fiore de Henriquez at Fryern Court in 1952. Whilst she was working on the bust John could not keep his ...