ancient art

November 19, 2013
oupacademic : The Rage of Achilles The seated Agamemnon holds the scepter of authority and sits on a throne, his lower body wrapped in a robe.

November 7, 2013
This early first-century Roman marble portrait bust of Gaius Caesar sold at the Bonhams Antiquities auction on 23 October to an Italian buyer, meaning that Gaius can return home after a long absence.

October 12, 2013
sedefscorner : The Lansdowne Bust of Athena of Velletri , Roman, 2nd century copy after a Greek original of c. 430-420 BC by Kresilas, LACMA How does the display of an object affect our perception of it?

October 11, 2013
Etruscans: a Hymn to Life is on view at Paris’s Musée Maillol through 8 February 2014.

September 26, 2013
The Springtime of the Renaissance: Sculpture and Art in Florence 1400-60 opens today at the Louvre in Paris through 6 January 2014.

September 26, 2013
Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome on this day in 46 BCE.

September 8, 2013
oupacademic : Emerald Green Glass Dish in the form of a boat, possible for condiments (from Pompeii) from Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum .

September 8, 2013
3 Quiet Museums in Rome

August 26, 2013
Patricia Cohen reports in the New York Times , and Helen Stoilas, in The Art Newspaper , that the formerly cancelled exhibition of Sicilian antiquities will proceed at the Cleveland Museum of Art Sunday, September 29, 2013 to Sunday, January 5, 2014.