Absent of depictions in art or descriptions in literature, Roman dodecahedrons ... and erotic frescoes. Archaeologists uncovered the house in the central district of the ancient city, which ...

A recently excavated Roman fresco from a house dating to the end of the first century B.C. depicts a human figure on a vibrant red background. It is among the highest quality wall paintings ever ...

While frescoes did not reach their height of popularity until the High Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the art was practiced long before. The first frescoes were ...

27.5 x 33.5 cm. (10.8 x 13.2 in.) ...

The Renaissance era was one of the most beautiful and out-of-the-world revolutions in the arts arena. Be it unique painting ...

Stunning in their scale, colour and detail, frescoes can give us a fascinating glimpse of ancient civilisations. Every now and then, a new fresco is discovered which sheds further light onto how ...