In promoting “Caravaggio 2025,” a landmark exhibition bringing together 24 paintings by the beloved Baroque rogue Caravaggio (1571–1610), Rome’s National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini ...
The magnificent interior of the Church of St. Peters, is in this painting accurately portrayed in its minutest ornaments, with its vast proportions, and the variegated marbles of its pavements, ...
A pair of ancient tombs featuring paintings of Greek mythological characters, in one of the world’s oldest urban areas, will soon be open to the public. Located in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon ...
Railway construction crews rarely expect to uncover fine art, but that is roughly what happened during preparatory work tied ...
The Church of St. Vitale, built in 386, is the oldest Christian church still standing in the center of Rome. It is the “only place of worship from the fourth century that has remained intact ...
A new chemical study of the splendid wall paintings of the Domus of Salvius in present-day Cartagena discovered a previously unknown ancient recipe for mixing paint that didn’t sacrifice quality for ...