This stunning marble depiction of the ancient ... stories about art, taste and aesthetics throughout history, per the Observer’s Elisa Carollo. Weddell’s own journey to Rome to purchase ...

The work was first acquired in Rome in the 18th century ... From March 15, “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection” at the Art Institute of Chicago will array ...

Furthermore, “like many sculptures sold in Rome in 18th-century ... rather than Minerva—the ancient Roman equivalent of the Olympian—Manchester tells The Art Newspaper that it was, in ...

Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Similarly, an amethyst beaded necklace from ancient Rome estimated to be from ... Solomon calls the jewelry “wearable art.” Some, however, have been or can be modified ...