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Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
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A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time
The collection’s first stop is the Art Institute of Chicago. Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the ...
Rarely seen collection of Roman sculpture will visit Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum
The Kimbell Art Museum will host its first exhibition of ancient Roman sculpture in its 52-year history. And the exhibit is a ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
Cecilie Brøns, who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco-Roman statues were often perfumed with enticing scents ...
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Art Institute showcases ancient Roman sculptures in unprecedented 'Myth and Marble' exhibit
Torlonia Foundation/Photo by Lorenzo De Masi Share Any temporary exhibition of ancient Roman sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago would be notable, because 44 years have passed since the ...