"The notion of a Roman sculpture ... artists in ancient Rome were Greeks, some enslaved, who were adapting images from their homeland's cultural peak. Historians of Western art have long presented ...

An installation view of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a ...

As the goddess of love, beauty and sexual pleasure, Aphrodite ... century A.D. Roman Lovatelli Venus. It was excavated from the ruins of a villa in Pompeii. Unlike most ancient statues, this ...