Scholars have also noted that despite his anti-slavery sentiments, Carpeaux produced numerous versions of his sculpture, turning it into a money-marker to help support the operation of his large ...

Darko Komšo: "the second century masterpiece will be laser cleaned and then join the permanent display of the Archaeological ...

French auction house owner Aymeric Rouillac had no idea what lay in store for him when a collector from Berry contacted him about an item for possible sale. While visiting, he came upon something else ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Chazen Museum of Art debuted the results of a two-plus year study on a historic sculpture from its collection with a complex history. 'Emancipation Group' is a statue, made by ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 10, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. In 1497, an ambitious 22-year-old hiked up to the quarries above the Italian town of ...

Pity the Romans. Their sculpture is often compared unfavorably to that of the Greeks. While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, ...

Archaeologists uncovered a rare 2nd-century marble sculpture of Sleeping Cupid in Croatia, offering new insight into the city ...