Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno left Minas Gerais for São Paulo because his aunt, a practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of an ancient painter.” ...

While London boasts some of the most famous museums and art galleries in the world, the rest of the UK is blessed with so ...

While London boasts some of the most famous museums and art galleries in the world, the rest of the UK is blessed with so ...

Italian painter, Michelangelo Merisi (1573-1610), better known as Caravaggio, left an indelible mark on the world of art—especially in Rome, which fortunately contains a large selection of his works.

A mysterious formal portrait of an enslaved man named Frederick is expected to sell for as much as $500,000 at auction in New Orleans ...

Research shows that statues were impregnated with fragrances, challenging the perception of sculpture as a purely visual art ...

Michelangelo, the genius behind David and the Sistine Chapel, led a life filled with passion, a legendary rivalry with ...

It is a tapestry of historical research, photography, poetry, and fine art used to explore her family’s role in enslavement dating back to the late 1700s — from the captain of a slave trade ship in ...

By the 2nd century, Rome stopped conquering new territories while, at the same time, it fought to keep the ones in possession. The number of slaves enlisted to fight for Rome were dwindling, as Rome ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ancient Rome was so hot that it turned a victim’s brain into glass in a process never before seen on Earth, scientists have proved. A shard of “obsidian-like ...