A recent study offers new insights into the pigments used by ancient Roman artists in Pompeii, revealing how they mixed raw materials to achieve a wide range of color tones. Titled "Pompeian Pigments: ...

Encaustic painting is an ancient technique of mixing hot ... we name Greek, Roman, and Byzantine examples of art, painting with molten wax was familiar and popular in non-European cultures as ...

In ancient Greece and Rome ... works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco-Roman statues were often perfumed with enticing scents like ...

Torlonia Foundation/Photo by Lorenzo De Masi Share Any temporary exhibition of ancient Roman sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago would be notable, because 44 years have passed since the ...