Not only were ancient sculptures multi-colored, they were also scented with perfumes, oils, and flower arrangements.

Across history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a prominent figure of beauty and love, and many statues have been built in ...

For centuries, scientists have known that the white marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome were once painted with rich […] ...

These famous European statues have been given ... The Winged Victory of Samothrace is an ancient Greek sculpture. It represents a winged woman (the Goddess Nike) dressed in a typical Greek costume.

One of the most famous examples of a statue on which traces ... as a myth of whiteness in ancient art has long been perpetuatedImage: Alexandros Vlachos/EPA/picture alliance/dpa In the 20th ...

The collection’s first stop is the Art Institute of Chicago. Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection,” the exhibition will feature 58 sculptures ...

A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology by Cecilie Brøns revealed that ancient Greco-Roman sculptures were impregnated with perfumes and aromatic substances, an aspect that ...

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. "A white marble statue ...