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Roman portraitureWax masks taken from the faces of dead Roman citizens sat on home altars for generations. These molds captured every wrinkle and scar directly from the…
Roman artPliny the Elder recorded that nearly all forms of art were already advanced in Greek times. Roman artists borrowed heavily from these precedents while adding…
House of the VettiiThe House of the Vettii emerged from the earth between September 1894 and January 1896. This excavation timeline stands in stark contrast to earlier…
Roman mosaicIn the late 2nd century BC, a floor in Delos, Greece, marked a turning point for Roman art. Archaeologists date these early tessellated pavements to roughly…