The image many have in mind of Greek sculptures—noble looking with a bit of an emptiness about the eyes—might be slightly ...

A modern-age bronze statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena has become a symbol of the city of Guadalajara in western ...

As Christianity rose to prominence in the late Roman Empire, some believers targeted statues of Greek and Roman gods for destruction or defacement. Rather than random vandalism, many of these acts ...

From the chiseled perfection of a Greek god carved from marble to the serene tranquility of a Buddha cast in bronze, the way European and Asian statues depict the human body couldn’t be more different ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...