Standing Figure (Leda) Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download files. Click ...

Thirteen terracotta figurines, remnants of an ancient ritual, emerge from a room in a domus adjacent to the House of Leda and the Swan, where excavation, The tradition of nativity scenes dates back to ...

These sketches belie an evolution in the artist’s compositional approach, from depicting a seated, twisting Leda to the standing, demure figure cradling her swan partner in Leonardo’s eventual ...

The relics were recently found by researchers from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii within the remains of the House of Leda and the Swan at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was destroyed by ...

Archaeologists unearth a colourful Roman fresco of Leda and the Swan in Pompeii. ... Leda and the Swan is also a classic poem by William Butler Yeats, a major figure in 20th-Century literature.

Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered 13 terracotta figurines that were once part of a 'Nativity' scene linked to Ancient rituals. The longstanding tradition of nativity scenes is most commonly ...

Fille de Thestios, Léda est une figure célèbre de la Mythologie grecque grâce à cette union improbable et pour la descendance qu’elle a engendrée : Hélène de Troie et Pollux.