When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

Generations of art historians specializing in Greek and Roman sculptures have completely missed out on what seems to be a central feature of the experience these sculptures were supposed to trigger.

Of course, there are lots of places to eat and shop, but you wouldn't want to miss some of the most famous ... of art that likely hasn't been seen intact since the days of ancient Rome: the ...

Several ancient statues, Sangallo was told, were emerging from the grounds of a private vineyard near Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy. He made haste, but not before asking his pal Michelangelo ...

Its namesake museum contains busts of Roman emperors, statues – including a famous one of Marcus Aurelius – and paintings by Caravaggio and Battista, among others. It also offers spectacular ...