including classical ideas of beauty and the supposedly self-sufficient perfection of ideal works of art. Sculpture in ancient Rome was highly prized, but also a commodity, with reproductions of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who ...

but Rome's archaeology reveals that local tribes established the ancient kingdom. A mosaic on the floor of Vittorio Emanuele Gallery is one of many examples of the art inspired by the legend of ...

Among the most striking installations at the Art Institute’s “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection, is a “gallery of emperors” featuring Rome’s imperial ...