It took over two years, but divers in Sicily finally scoured a shipwreck off the island's south shore, and found lots of ...

The character of Roman art history has changed in recent years. More than ever before, it is concerned with the role of art in ancient society, including the functions that it served and the values ...

Families were dominated by men. At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business affairs ...

Archaeologists documenting tens of thousands of rock art motifs in the Colombian Amazon have been consulting with Indigenous ...

Please note that the file is large and may take several minutes to download. Download Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning. UNG follows the section 508 ...

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

The 4,500-year-old pyramids of Giza are the backdrop for "Forever Is Now," which features sculptures, installations and ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

This edition includes a new chapter on art throughout the Roman empire, new illustrations, updated bibliography and glossary. ‘Well-planned, written in a lively manner … observations are un-hackneyed ...

Tamara de Lempicka’s first major U.S. survey invokes her as a trailblazing techno-feminist who borrowed freely from art history. But it also buries her erratic second act. By Walker Mimms ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...