During the Renaissance a renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman art, philosophy, and history set many scholars on the search for ancient artifacts. So too in Switzerland, a country that—though ...

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest contemporary art. Credit...Lorenzo De Masi, via Torlonia Foundation ...

For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor was ...

How much do we actually know about the roots of Roman Art? Elizabeth Marlowe is an Associate Professor of Art and Art History at Colgate University. Her research focuses on Ancient Roman art and its ...

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is a North American stop for an exhibit featuring 58 Roman marble sculptures from the Torlonia Collection. Some museum visitors got an early look at the artworks ...

Explore how Rome’s elite imported and replicated Greek masterpieces, turning classical ideals into distinctly Roman art. From the Discobolus to imperial portraits of Augustus, discover the political ...

A new exhibition at the Met features brightly hued reconstructions of ancient Greco-Roman artworks Art Meets Science Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Reconstruction of marble ...

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city crowded with both the seamy and stately. Clockwise from left: Centrale Montemartini museum; Santo Stefano Rotondo; Villa dei ...

Is there such a thing as reverent glee? If so, then that's how I would have described St. Joseph Sr. Christine Schenk as she bounded among the ruins of ancient Cenchreae, the location of the house ...