roman art

January 15, 2014
thegetty : Wearable gold coinage.

December 27, 2013
thegetty : Quite the amethyst impression .

December 2, 2013
abbevillepress : Thanks, Publishers Weekly , for the great review of Herculaneum in the November 25th issue: “A must-read for archeology buffs and lovers of ancient Roman culture and art, this book evokes a voluptuous culture distant from our own and yet with images so strangely familiar that it will capture the imagination of any student of humanity.” To celebrate, here’s another image from Herculaneum: Art of a Buried City .

abbevillepress : Thanks, Publishers Weekly , for the great review of Herculaneum in the November 25th issue: “A must-read for archeology buffs and lovers of ancient Roman culture and art, this book evokes a voluptuous culture distant from our own and yet with images so strangely familiar that it will capture the imagination of any student of humanity.” To celebrate, here’s another image from Herculaneum: Art of a Buried City .

November 30, 2013
The Digital Hadrian’s Villa Project was created by the World Heritage Laboratory between 2007 and 2012.

November 21, 2013
oupacademic : Achilles and Cheiron In spite of Phoenix’s claims in Book 9 to have educated Achilles, in the usual version referred to by Eurypylos Cheiron the Centaur taught him.