Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...
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Bvlgari Unveils “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection”
The display, hosted by Blvgari at the Art Institute of Chicago, showcases the largest private collection of Imperial Roman ...
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A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time
It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi ... the-scenes ‘soft’ power and influence held by many women of elite Roman families.” A sarcophagus lid with a sculpture of a reclining ...
Ancient statues were colorful — and perfumed
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 ...
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Honoring Women: Renowned Greek Sculptor Unveils Work at UN
Greek-born sculptor George Petrides presented Greece's UN representative with a sculpture of an ancient Greek female figure ...
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A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time
It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi ... opportunity to examine the behind-the-scenes ‘soft’ power and influence held by many women of elite Roman families.” The Torlonia family began ...
A rare peek at the hidden waterworks behind Rome's Trevi Fountain
The Trevi Fountain, arguably the world's most famous, has graced screens for decades, from Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" to ...
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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
Roman writer Cicero referenced the treatment of a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis ... while the white skin of figures of young women "proclaimed grace and glow of youth," according to the ...
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ACLU Challenges Statues of Catholic Saints at Massachusetts Public Safety Building
One of the planned statues in Quincy, Massachusetts, would depict St. Florian (250-c. 304), a Roman army commander ... and I hope I’m speaking for the men and women of the police and the fire ...
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Millais's "Ophelia" Has Become My Favorite Spring Beauty Aesthetic—Here's How I'm Bringing It to Life
Gen Z Says is a bimonthly column chronicling the latest trends in the fashion-and-beauty space through the lens of Who What ...