"The notion of a Roman sculpture show might seem at first blush to be a bit stodgy," said Kyle MacMillan in the Chicago Sun-Times. But the 58 ancient works that constitute "Myth and Marble" are ...

In addition to smelling wonderful, Greco-Roman statues were also ... as an established fact that ancient artworks whether in wood, terracotta or stone, were painted.” “In some cases they ...

Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced ... Previous research has shown that these statues were painted and sometimes decorated with jewelry and textiles, she writes.

Greco-Roman statues and temples were flamboyantly painted. Cecilie Brøns, a researcher at Copenhagen’s Glyptotek, is one such academic focused on ancient polychromy. Brøns’ latest work ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

painted in vibrant colors. Now, a researcher says there's another aspect to these statues to consider: how they smelled. Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's ...