There Were Really Hot Guys in Ancient Greece: the Barberini Faun
Drunk, sleeping men are rarely, if ever, beautiful and sexually appealing, but this is not the case with this really sexy faun from ancient Greece.
Marta Loza 10 September 2021
Ancient Greece
Attention: Have You Seen Ancient Sculptures’ Colors?
We admire the beauty and plasticity of ancient sculptures, how harmoniously they fit into the surrounding landscape. But we rarely ask ourselves the...
Elizaveta Ermakova 4 September 2021
Behold Dibutades, the Greek Inventress of Painting!
Long ago in the city of Corinth in Ancient Greece, a young maid traced the contour of her lover’s face on the wall. The man was leaving on a long...
Jimena Escoto 6 July 2021
Portrayal of an Abandoned Hero: Philoctetes
How would you feel if your friends abandoned you on an uninhabited island with a limited amount of food and no shelter just because you were injured?...
Erol Degirmenci 16 April 2021
Unique Greek Geometric Art to See in Florida: Exhibition and Interview
In conversation with Dr. Michael Bennett, MFA Senior Curator of Early Western Art at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, we explore the world of...
Isla Phillips 5 February 2021
Painting of the Week: Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques-Louis David
Whether you are within an academic environment or at a coffee shop, when the term ‘Neoclassicism’ and its huge influence on the visual...
Erol Degirmenci 24 January 2021
Not So Dark After All: Greek Designs from the Dark Ages
In the mid-12th century BCE, the grand palaces and sprawling kingdoms that had defined life in the Mediterranean began to deteriorate. Perhaps...
Lauren Dorsey 18 January 2021
The Torlonia Marbles: A Long-awaited Classical Collection
After strictly remaining in the shade for decades and decades, one of the world’s most extensive private collections of classical sculpture, the...
Erol Degirmenci 4 January 2021
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
Greek sculptures have had a profound effect on art throughout the ages. Many of the styles have been reproduced and copied by some of what the modern...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 November 2020
Pompeii of the Aegean: The Wall Paintings of Thera
The wall paintings of Thera (Santorini) reveal the bustling civilization that existed on the southernmost island of the Cyclades circa 1600 BCE.
Anastasia Manioudaki 19 November 2020
The Women Blessed by Dionysus: Maenads
One of the reasons why we find Greek mythology so fascinating is because of its incredibly diverse structure. All of the gods and goddesses have...
Erol Degirmenci 2 November 2020
Painting of the Week: Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis
The bejeweled woman from the mosaic, holding the measuring tool for the Roman foot, is identified by the restored Greek inscription as Ktisis. She is...
Zuzanna Stańska 18 October 2020
