Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not ...

Life and immortality. Everything we ask of art is in the eyes of these women, just two of the 58 extraordinary works of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection ...

Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple, second half of 2nd century CE (Roman, Imperial Period, Torlonia Collection, Rome), is featured in “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

5 1/4 x 4 x 2 in. (13.3 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm.) ...

"A white marble statue was not intended to be perceived ... traces of pigments from long-faded paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues, showing that works long assumed to be white were in fact ...

including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed. Yet many people today are surprised to ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...