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It might look like a prehistoric gummy bear, but this palm-sized figurine is an exceptional piece of art and a mysterious ...
Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...
Discover the difference between tortellini vs ravioli from fillings and sauces to origin stories and best uses in this complete guide!
Nude statue of ‘Venus’ by New Orleans’ late Mardi Gras master sculptor Randy Morrison to be installed in ... The sculpture is meant to represent the Roman goddess of love, who has drifted ...
While most of us know what the inside of a McDonald's eatery looks like, there are some beautiful and unique ones around the world - and one impressive chain has left people gobsmacked ...
As one of the country’s oldest public libraries, the Athenaeum is infused with history. Its name — meaning “place of Athena” — is honored throughout, from its main gallery being bookended by ...
Old and new. Real and ideal. 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 ...
The birth of Aphrodite Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...
The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. ... (Weddell was an avid collector of antiquities, including the so-called Jenkins Venus.) ...
The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...
Around the second or third century C.E., a gold ring bearing the likeness of the Roman goddess Venus was lost on a road in what is now Brittany, ... A marble statue of Pauline Bonaparte ...
On south East Drive, the fountain once contained a statue called “Venus Rising from the Sea,” a cast iron statue featuring the Roman goddess Venus rising from the ocean.