The display, hosted by Blvgari at the Art Institute of Chicago, showcases the largest private collection of Imperial Roman ...

Not only were ancient sculptures multi-colored, they were also scented with perfumes, oils, and flower arrangements.

Did you know that ancient sculptures were once richly coloured? Researchers have known about this for centuries, but the general public remains largely unaware.

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

Artists Athena LaTocha, Mary Mattingly and Tyler Rai come from different religious and cultural backgrounds and bring ...

A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb, long hidden under layers of overpainting and forgotten by history, will once ...

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity were ...

Adam is depicted with distinctly European features—fair skin, —reflecting the aesthetics and ideals of Renaissance Italy rather than the historical realities of biblical Mesopotamia. Michelangelo, ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of an ancient painter.” ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...

The Renaissance, as a wall label in Reimagining the Renaissance reminds us, began in Italy six centuries ago but its ...

With a passion for arguing and a sharp tongue to match his extraordinary genius, Michelangelo was both the enfant prodige and ...