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Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...
Archaeologists Discovered Two Life-Size Statues at Pompeii, Covered With Mysterious Symbols
Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...
In Milan, an Artist’s Surreal ‘Playhouse’ Filled With Weeping Statues
Francesco Vezzoli’s apartment and studio are tributes to his lifelong fascination with the Memphis Group design collective.
San Francisco unveils great big naked statue
Evolution," a 45-foot statue by Marco Cochrane at Embarcadero Plaza. The temporary installation features daily "breathing" ...
Archaeologists Discovered a 1,700-Year-Old Statue of Hercules—Without His Head
Archaeologists excavating a private property in Florence, Italy, discovered a 20-inch statue of Hercules missing its head, though not altogether headless. Despite no cranium on the Greek hero, the ...
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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European court says Italy is the rightful owner of Getty Museum bronze statue
The statue, found at the bottom of the Adriatic ... for many other museums around the world to return stolen art and artifacts to Italy and Greece. The Victorious Youth was on the 2007 list ...
It’s among the largest collections of Michelangelo sculptures ever shown. But there’s a catch
The SMK in Copenhagen couldn’t move the Italian artist’s sculptures, so it’s showing reproductions in the show “Michelangelo Imperfect,” including a new set of ‘identical’ 3D-printed works made by ...
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A crumbling, long-forgotten statue with an unusual erect phallus might be a Michelangelo. Renaissance scholars want hard evidence.
Victor Coonin, a professor of Italian Renaissance art at Rhodes College, offered one: It doesn't have that Michelangelo je ne sais quoi. The Ludovisi Pan is "a wonderful, delightful statue" but is ...