Boise State Public Radio20h
Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
Men's Health15d
The Ancient Greek Guide to Future-Proofing Your Posture
Many centuries later, these ancient beliefs that athletes should look like sculptures took on very different meanings. As Stocking says, “Greek sculpture has been appropriated for body fascism ...
Greek Reporter22d
Stunning Marble Statue of Hermes Unearthed From Ancient Ruins on Turkish Coast
Hermes’ statue is holding a purse in his right hand and with his left his cloak and caduceus, (the staff he carried). It also features a ram beside his left foot. Credit: Turkiye’s Ministry of Culture ...
Observer23d
Cy Twombly’s Decades of Poetry and Play Captivate at Gagosian
There is one sculpture in the Gagosian show, Untitled, 1983, a painted bronze. This one; who knows what it’s meant to be, but its shape evokes ancient ships. It looks like one of Giacometti’s ...
Greek Reporter24d
The Geometric Period in Ancient Greece and Its Impact on Western Civilization
The Hirschfeld Krater, Ancient Greece, mid-8th century BC, from the late Geometric period, depicting ekphora, the act of carrying a body to its grave. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Credit: ...
The Art Newspaper28d
Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
The cast-bronze sculpture, which has been on display at ... rims of bronze cauldrons that were offered as votive gifts in ancient Greek sanctuaries from the sixth century BC to the eight century ...
Smithsonian Magazine28d
The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
At a ceremony this week, Greece’s culture minister ... used to adorn ceremonial cauldrons in ancient Greek sanctuaries. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art ...