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Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...
British artist Charles Sandison, known for his immersive digital installations that use code, language and light to explore ...
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The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, the first such monument ever discovered in Greece’s Ionian islands. The ...
Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.
In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie ...
DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their ...
A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed ...
Momus (far right) was the deity of mockery who got kicked out of Olympus for his insolence. Painting by Maarten van Heemskerck (1478-1574) showing Momus on the far right. Public Domain. The ancient ...