The excavation works of a new church in Rome uncovered an ancient marble sculpture in the early 17th century. The people who uncovered this marvelous work of art instantly knew they had hit the jackpot and it wasn’t long before a notorious Cardinal got word of it. One of the most famous Baroque sculptors in …
Louvre sculptures
The incredible gaze of this amazing sculpture at the Louvre wouldn’t make you think that it probably depicts a man who lived over 4,500 years ago. This is not the only amazing fact about this ancient Egyptian artwork as you’ll soon discover in this article. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most …
There aren’t that many intact ancient Greek sculptures, and one of the most famous ones is missing a couple of features as well. Historians classify ancient Greek sculpture into 3 different periods, Archaic (650 to 480 B.C.), Classical (480–323 B.C.), and Hellenistic (323-30 B.C.). The best-known sculptures date back to this Hellenistic period, including this …
Most visitors to the Louvre Museum in Paris are going there to admire the amazing collection of paintings. The collection of paintings consists of over 7,500 works by over 1,400 artists who were born before 1900. This means it’s only a fraction of the museum’s collection of well over 600,000 items of which over 35,000 …