Explore how Rome’s elite imported and replicated Greek masterpieces, turning classical ideals into distinctly Roman art. From the Discobolus to imperial portraits of Augustus, discover the political ...

The iconic Discobolus Monument at Stockroute Park, Sydney Olympic Park (Homebush Bay), has been officially listed on the NSW State Heritage Register, ensuring permanent protection for one of Australia ...

The ancient Greeks had the benefit of the original Mediterranean diet, without any of the fruits and vegetables that were brought back 2000 years later from the new world, above all potatoes and ...

Not everyone loves the new work in Brownsville, Tenn., but sponsors say they choose to see the bright side of the passionate responses. By Victor Mather Pity the sculptor. Once upon a time, artists ...

The shadows of early evening were creeping across Brussels’ Stadium last week as a hulking U.S. Army lieutenant in trackman’s flimsies stepped into the discus ring. At the international military ...

Probably the world’s most famed statue of an athlete is of a discobolus (discus-thrower), by Myron, ancient Greek, restored by Professor Furtwangler. His restoration places the missile-hurler* in ...

Ms Higgins and her husband David Sharaz moved into the three-bedroom estate in the tiny town of Lunas, about 100km east of Bordeaux in south-west France, in late-2023 – just after she gave evidence in ...

The Plaster Cast Workshop of the GrandPalaisRmn has molds of more than 6,000 artworks such as the “Venus de Milo” and Alexander the Great’s foot. An artisan at work in the Plaster Cast Workshop of the ...