Below the building's curved arches are dozens of sculptures (notable ones include Giambologna's Rape of the Sabines and a statue of Perseo holding ... and the intricate marble statues on its ...
But as Louvre president Laurence des Cars has admitted, a visit to the overcrowded museum can also be a “physical ordeal” and some facilities urgently need updating. Last month, President Macron ...
mountainous marble cliffs that overlook the verdant landscape. There are towering statues, dimly lit caverns, and even sakura blossoms. To really wrap you in its fantastical setting, it also ...
The mold shows a stern-faced female with tresses of curly hair. Greek myth Medusa has a "fierce and grotesque or feminine and composed" face with "hair made of snakes," according to The Met’s ...
Below the building's curved arches are dozens of sculptures (notable ones include Giambologna's Rape of the Sabines and a statue of Perseo holding Medusa's head, by Benvenuto Cellini), which draw ...
Jackson Square, designed as military parade grounds, was known as the Place d’Armes during the French colonial period and ...
Greece: A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered ...
Caravaggio’s depiction of this famous chapter from Greek mythology continues to be the main visual reference of Medusa ... reimagines this figure in her sculpture as a hybrid of a serpent ...
THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday.