Old Oil Lamp Decorated With Rare Jewish Artwork, Sheds Light on Roman Rule Archaeologists discovered a 1,700-year-old oil ...

The character of Roman art history has changed in recent years. More than ever before, it is concerned with the role of art in ancient society, including the functions that it served and the values ...

Absent of depictions in art or descriptions in literature, Roman dodecahedrons remain enigmas, but Parker believes it was a religious object. “It is quite a complex story to tell that we’re ju ...

The Roman "scutum" was a tall, semi-cylindrical shield most popular from the fourth century B.C. to the third century A.D. A ...

Students should demonstrate general knowledge of the basic characteristics of style, iconography, function and design in Roman art and architecture from the Republic to the Constantinian period. The ...

Local 25-year-old visitor Wang Yongqiang from Taiyuan had visited the exhibition for the third time, stating, "I applied to ...

This book, first published in 2004, develops a theory for the understanding of Roman pictorial art. By treating Roman art as a semantic system it establishes a connection between artistic forms and ...

… At the end the painter asked me what I thought about it. I was not able to articulate any judgement… I only had the vague intuition that that pasty magma was sheltering the energy of a volcano about ...

The exact aim of the large-scale three-site exhibition, When the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag: Art and Internationalism Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, is difficult to define.

For more than 600 years, the chainmail worn by Roman soldiers was essential gear across the entire empire, no matter where a soldier was stationed. The further the frontier stretched from supply ...

Important Roman artwork belonging to a North Yorkshire stately home has been donated to the nation in lieu of nearly £5.5m owed in inheritance tax. Among the Castle Howard lot are 62 Roman ...