Camille Claudel was the lover, student and assistant of the great Auguste Rodin and many argue that when he started seeing her talent, he began to exploit it.

Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India: Living Traditions is a very respectful and carefully managed show of religious ...

The Romans are famed for their grandiose marble sculptures, requiring exquisite talent and expertise. One of the most famous is Trajan’s Column in Rome, commissioned by Emperor Trajan after he ...

Those initial excavations, which uncovered three clearly differentiated architectural structures with deposits of marble chips scattered throughout the area and a notable number of unfinished marble ...

Later, it was used by the Catholic Church in much the same way - to adorn important palaces and cathedrals and to create religious sculptures. During the Renaissance, Carrara marble gained fame ...

Two of the artist’s similarly sized late-period sculptures are in the collections ... Ede stand also draws attention to the male physique with a marble torso of a youth from the same era ...

"The exquisite marble relief by John Deare,” Hannah Rothschild said, “is of such rarity and importance that my father…felt it must find its home in a national institution. Our family is ...

Set in the UNESCO-listed gardens of the 16th-century estate in Tivoli, just outside Rome, this ornate nymphaeum is home to a beautiful display of shell mosaics, marble sculptures and ancient frescoes ...