Hospitality was key in ancient Rome, and this wall painting shows the gifts that guests may have received.
Location City: Naples
Weary from his labors, Hercules leans on his club, with hints of his heroic trials hidden in plain sight.
Lysippos, Farnese Hercules
Sources tell us that painting was the Greek’s finest art form: is this a hint at what we’re missing?
Alexander Mosaic from the House of the ...
For the ancient Greeks, the human body was perfect. Explore this example of the mathematical source of ideal beauty.