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 ...

Art History Have Yourself a Roman Christmas! Here’s How Ancient Holiday Customs Live on Today. How did ancient Romans influenced the way we celebrate Christmas?

When a rare Roman glass vase emerged in 2009, it was big news in the art world – until the vessel vanished. Alastair Sooke uncovers a fascinating story.

Roman Art and Imperial Policy by Niels Hannestad (Aarhus University Press, 1986) Roman Poetry and Propaganda in the Age of Augustus edited by Anton Powell (Bristol Classical Press, 1992) ...

Houston's holiday season will have a distinctly Roman feeling this year, as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is bringing the glory of the Gladiator era to Texas. On November 2, 2025 through ...

In the 1990s, Meyer embarked on a comprehensive history of imperial Roman art and published two books on sculptural works, the first on the figure of Antinous — Emperor Hadrian's lover and the subject ...

Unusual numbers of high-quality Roman imperial statues and portrait heads began appearing on the international art market in the mid-1960s. Dealers whispered the story of these extremely rare ...

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 ...

When a rare Roman glass vase emerged in 2009, it was big news in the art world – until the vessel vanished. Alastair Sooke uncovers a fascinating story. Of all the strange and surprising objects ...