such as the Aphrodite binding her sandal; whereas yet others offered visceral aesthetic, sensual, and perhaps even tactile delight. One of the bodies here — Lachaise’s Woman Bending Backward — is not ...

such as the Aphrodite binding her sandal; whereas yet others offered visceral aesthetic, sensual, and perhaps even tactile delight. One of the bodies here — Lachaise’s Woman Bending Backward — is not ...

"I based this piece on the ancient Roman statue known as Sleeping Hermaphroditus, who is the offspring of Hermes and ...

This was a year whose high points included Joan Jonas’s luminous survey, the extravaganza “PST ART,” and the 24-karat beauty of a show “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350.” ...

Three Roman-era artifacts—a terracotta theater ticket, a figurine of Aphrodite, and a Thyrsus motif—have been unearthed at ...

The Ancient World Vol. 11, nos. 1 and 2 (1985), pp. 10, 23 (cat. 21), pl. II. Nicola Barham, “Cat. 164 Necklace with Pendant: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art ...

One of the best kept secrets of the Acropolis in Athens is a cave that hides part of an ancient Greek temple of Asclepius with a spring that was used for sacred cleansing and from which later ...

If you’re interested in men’s health services but don’t want to make a trip to the doctor in person, you may have come across the brand Roman. In this article, we’re taking a close look at ...

Drawings by Cy Twombly, viewed from the sun-scorched clifftops of Casa Malaparte. The artist’s flight from the mid-century ...

In another version of the myth told by the first century AD Roman author and poet Valerius Flaccus, the Lemnian women were cursed following a particularly angry episode between Aphrodite and her ...