Roman Treasures from the Louvre in ... Jul 27, 2008
Travelers in the United States find rare cultural treat at Oklahoma City Museum of Art's Roman Art from the Louvre. Open until October 12, 2008, Roman Art from the Louvre features 184 ancient artifacts of Roman history from the collection of the Musee du Louvre ... According to Carolyn Hill, president and CEO of Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Roman Art from the Louvre is "an unprecedented exhibition of ancient masterworks, drawn from the Louvre's unparalleled collection. It provides a rare and... (Suite101.com)
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict Jul 23, 2008
Roman art has had poor press since the 18th century ... But as soon as scholars such as JJ Winckelmann identified periods and styles, it became conventional to see Roman art as a poor pastiche of ancient Greek originals ... It shows that Roman art abounds in humanity, character and life. (guardian.co.uk)
Roman Art: A Bibliography Jul 22, 2008
A select bibliography of scholarly sources related to Roman art, architecture and archaeology ... Giroire, C;cile, Daniel Roger, et al. Roman Art in the Louvre (exh ... A Handbook of Roman Art. (Suite101.com)
Pompeii and the Roman Villa Jun 15, 2008
The NGA's first exhibition devoted to Roman art concludes its brief American tour at the (May 3-October 4, 2009). Roman Society on the Eve of Vesuvius' Eruption. (Suite101.com)
Getty's New Antiquities Curator May 24, 2008
She co-edited The Archaeology of Colonialism (Issues and Debates) (Getty Publications, 2002) and studies on gender and sexuality in Greek and Roman art. Excavations and Academic Affiliations. (Suite101.com)
Patrician director of Met museum will retire Jan 9, 2008
In a telephone interview, Montebello said that after a packed fall season and the completion of several big long-term projects like new galleries for Greek and Roman art and European paintings, he felt the time was right. Today in Culture. (International Herald Tribune)
In Stabiano: Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite Nov 22, 2007
Roman art from the time of ancient Pompeii will be presented at the Cummer Museum of Art ns. On a bluff overlooking the Bay of Naples and the modern city of Castellamare di Stabia, approximately 3 miles southeast of Pompeii, are the remains of the ancient site of Stabia. (Florida Times-Union)
Enjoy 12 free days of Christmas in Indianapolis Nov 13, 2007
A special exhibit of "Roman Art from the Louvre" continues through Jan. 6. Indianapolis Fire Museum. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Best Art Museums in Los Angeles Oct 10, 2007
Exhibits at the Getty Museum are constantly changing, but favorites include classic Greek and Roman art and those that focus on Renaissance art from Italy. The Getty Villa - Sure, there's been a lot in the news about the Getty Villa; the Getty Trust has agreed to a settlement with Italy and Greece, and is returning part of its antiquities collection to their countries of origin. (Suite101.com)
Hot dish: Finelli's Cafe settles in to its new location Aug 22, 2007
Carved fountains accent the walls, which are adorned with Paysour s paintings of sculptures and scenes reminiscent of ancient Roman art and artifacts. Look up to view her painting of colorful Sistine Chapel-style angels surrounding the chandelier. (The Daily Reflector)
Julius Caesar Aug 4, 2007
On every page there are photographs of ancient Roman artwork ranging from mosaics to reliefs, busts and statues to jewelry and coins. The strong features shown on the Roman busts and the clothing worn by the statues and shown in the mosaics portray the distinct flavor of Roman art. (Suite101.com)
Getty Museum to Return Treasures to Italy Aug 2, 2007
home to one of the finest collections of Greek and Roman art in the U.S., agreed Wednesday to return 40 of its prized ancient artworks to Italy. The dispute between the Italian government and the Getty has been roiling for more than two years and has led to the ongoing trial in Rome of a former Getty curator, Marion True, on charges of buying art for the museum that was looted and illegally exported from Italy. (Newsweek)
Dickinson College: Students assemble exhibit of Roman antiquities Jun 22, 2007
As a Latin scholar and student in Dickinson s heavily classics-oriented archaeology program, Evitts hoped to work with Roman art and artifacts. Dr. Donald K. McIntyre had donated, in cooperation with his wife, six coin boxes to the Trout Gallery s collection. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
The legacy of Antiquity and Western identity May 26, 2007
The opening of the vastly expanded galleries of the Department of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art pays a tribute to this most enduring of myths, inseparably linked to the Western sense of cultural identity. Carlos Pic. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Claude Lorrain May 22, 2007
One in particular, William Kent, invented the English style of natural garden landscapes based on classical themes of ruins of Greek and Roman art and inspired by the idealized landscapes of Lorrain. The main ingredients of Kent s gardens are statues, grottoes, temples, water, winding paths, and the surrounding land. (Suite101.com)
Meet those whose missions are to get you interested in the arts. May 17, 2007
Here, they edit short Web videos like ones recently shot in Europe to promote an upcoming exhibit of Roman art from the Louvre Museum in Paris. Dan Dark, 23, a new media producer for the IMA, thinks that technology will break down walls between younger generations and art. (The Indianapolis Star)
Experiencing Rome's culture 'in situ' May 10, 2007
Across the street, I drink coffee -- a Roman art form in itself -- and review a tourist-office flier with the local concert schedule. The Doria Pamphili Palace, home of an 18th-century art-loving duke, is hosting a chandelier-lit string quartet amid paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio and Velazquez. (CNN -- Travel)
Finding the authentic voice (Suzanne Fields) May 7, 2007
In the museum downstairs, an exhibit of Greek and Roman art demonstrates how classical beauty can emerge from civil order. Returning to my window downtown at the end of the day, I looked again at the empty space where the Twin Towers once soared above the streets. (Washington Times, DC)
Finding an Authentic Voice May 7, 2007
In the museum downstairs, an exhibit of Greek and Roman art demonstrates how classical beauty can emerge from civil order ... In the museum downstairs, an exhibit of Greek and Roman art demonstrates how classical beauty can emerge from civil order. (Townhall.com)
Empires of awe Apr 25, 2007
But at a preview last week, something like relief dappled his face as he invited the world's art press, and politicians, including New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to wander through the Met's new galleries of ancient Greek and Roman art ... Visitors can now proceed chronologically, tracing the development of Hellenistic and Roman art from the time of Alexander the Great (who ruled from 336 to 323 BC) to that of Constantine the Great (who ruled from 306 to 337 AD),... (Globe and Mail)
Met's roamin' empire Apr 20, 2007
April 22, 2007 With the opening of the gleaming new galleries for ancient Greek and Roman art, the Metropolitan Museum has definitively established itself as a wonder of the modern world ... Edward Robinson, then director of the museum (and the first trained classicist ever to work for the Met), determined that the new wing would gather the entire collection of Greek and Roman art under one section of the museum's already immense roof ... n, the curator in charge of Greek and Roman art, has... (Newsday -- Entertainment)
NY museum to unveil ancient Greek, Roman antiques Apr 17, 2007
The display of the Met's long-stored collection of Hellenistic, Etruscan, South Italian, and Roman art -- much of it unseen in New York for generations, was considered unrivaled outside of Italy. The centerpiece of the New Greek and Roman Galleries is the Leon Levy and Shelby White Court -- a monumental, peristyle court for the display of Hellenistic and Roman art, with a soaring two-story atrium. (Xinhuanet, China)
Meaning in Antoine Carons Work Apr 9, 2007
Antoine Caron - Late Renaissance painter - shows Christ as the successor to the Roman Empire and owes his inspiration to Classical ideals of ancient Roman art. Painter Antoine Caron (1521-1599) was the appointed court painter to Catherine de Medici. (Suite101.com)
Bulgari tries to claim more of growing luxury market from Vuitton and Chanel Apr 7, 2007
Bulgari is breaking out, opening hotels in Italy and Bali and underwriting the opening festivities for the galleries of Hellenistic, Etruscan and Roman art at the Metropolitan Museum on April 20. It is also making an increasing amount of money: its 2006 earnings report trumpeted a 15 percent rise in net profit. (International Herald Tribune -- Money Report)
SALE OF THE CENTURIES Mar 5, 2007
This image appears in major art history books and Roman art books as a definitive example of the Egyptian tradition of mummy portraits. It is valued at $200,000 to $300,000. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Roman artifacts from the Louvre will invade SAM Feb 26, 2007
The deal: The Seattle Art Museum will exhibit an extensive collection of classic Roman artifacts on loan from the Louvre in Paris. The players: Chiyo Ishikawa, deputy director of art and curator of European painting and sculpture, and Margaret Laird, UW assistant professor of Roman art and archeology. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Louvre collection coming to SAM Feb 15, 2007
One exhibition, opening in a year, will bring 180 pieces of Roman art from the Louvre Museum in Paris to Seattle. SAM officials said the new exhibition lineup was made possible because of its expansion. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Four Rome Museums Reopen Jan 30, 2007
The Museo della Scuola Romana (modern Roman art) occupies the second floor of this architectural gem. Of interest to World War II buffs, this beautifully decorated palace was Mussolini s headquarters from 1925 to 1943, and it still has the two bunkers built to protect him from air raids and gas attacks. (Suite101.com)
Emory's Carlos buys Hellenistic marble sculpture for $420,000 Dec 8, 2006
"It's a fabulous piece of sculpture and adds so much to what we have," said Jasper Gaunt, curator of Greek and Roman art at the Carlos. The work is a larger-than-lifesize head of a goddess (perhaps Demeter) that would have topped a monumental figure in a Hellenic temple. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Museum thinks Venus looks better with her head Nov 5, 2006
It's likely the statue stood next to a fountain or pool in the gardens of a luxurious villa somewhere in the Roman Empire, possibly in today's France, where it was first documented in the collection of Napoleon's art adviser in the 1830s, said Jasper Gaunt, curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Carlos. There are thousands of similar images of Venus in all sorts of sizes and materials, but the restoration of this one is particularly significant because few statues are as large and nearly intact... (Xinhuanet, China)
Ancient Venus gets an X-ray checkup Nov 3, 2006
The statue probably stood next to a fountain or pool in the gardens of a luxurious villa somewhere in the Roman Empire, possibly in today's France, where it was first documented in the collection of Napoleon's art adviser in the 1830s, said Jasper Gaunt, curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Carlos. The museum bought the statue for $968,000 at a Sotheby's auction in New York. (MSNBC -- Technology)
- 20 works of art to see before you die Oct 30, 2006
Rothko, who admired Michelangelo, Fra Angelico and ancient Roman art, became fascinated by the idea of creating the modern equivalent of a frescoed interior. This is it. (Guardian Unlimited)
$10 million donor to MFA drops his anonymity Sep 19, 2006
What Behrakis won't talk about in detail is the amount of his latest gift, though the MFA confirmed that the donation would make him only the third ``guardian" in the museum's history. The title is given to those who donate $25 million or more. Behrakis has given a series of gifts over the last five years.In 1998, Behrakis sold his last company, Muro Pharmaceutical Inc., and pledged to spend about 10 percent of his earnings from the deal on charitable causes. In 2003, Northeastern University ,... (Boston Globe)
WallDogs artist returns to complete final mural Jul 26, 2006
The entire mural took a year in planning and the weekend the WallDogs just wasn't enough time to work on the Roman art. Forty volunteers worked with Wallenfang the first go around. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Museum to reunite Venus statue with head Jun 14, 2006
"When you have one of the best and most complete examples of one of the finest statues in the ancient world, that's rather thrilling," said Jasper Gaunt, curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Carlos, who bought the statue with a donation from Thalia Carlos, widow of the museum's namesake. Michael Carlos, who died in 2002, made a fortune in the wine and spirits wholesale industry. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Louvre exhibition to come to Oklahoma City art museum May 28, 2006
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A Roman art exhibition from the famed Louvre museum in Paris will travel to Oklahoma in 2008. Curators from the Paris museum visited the Oklahoma City Museum of Art yesterday to look at the facility's space and lighting. (KFOR Oklahoma City, OK)
Obituaries: Jiri Frel, former curator of J. Paul Getty Museum May 18, 2006
Jiri Frel, a mercurial and eccentric curator who helped build the J. Paul Getty Museum into a major center for Greek and Roman art but resigned after revelations about unscrupulous acquisition practices, died April 29. He was 82. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Jiri Frel, 82; Colorful Curator Who Left Getty Under a Cloud May 13, 2006
He stayed to teach in the Greek and Roman art department until 1969, when he fled Czechoslovakia a year after the Soviet takeover. After brief teaching stints at Princeton University and the University of Genoa, Frel was hired as an associate curator of Greek and Roman art at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. (Los Angeles Times)
Emory acquires rare Roman altar (Giovanna dell'Orto) Apr 15, 2006
"Antony had adopted Dionysus' imagery, Augustus replied by associating with Apollo, and together it's a kind of contradiction," said Francesco de Angelis, professor of Roman art at Columbia University ... "This is Augustan art at its best." London dealer Rupert Wace approached Jasper Gaunt, the Carlos' curator of Greek and Roman art, for the sale, Mr. Gaunt said ... The purchase confirms the Carlos' place as one of the best collections of Graeco-Roman art in the country, said Michael Padgett,... (Washington Times)
Sculpting the feminine (Deborah K. Dietsch) Feb 11, 2006
In the Walters' gallery of Roman art, "Femme Maison," a puddle of marble drapery topped by a buildinglike carving, seems inspired by the surrounding antique statuary. Yet the feeling of deflation and introspection expressed by this "housewife" is completely at odds with the heroic busts and torsos, almost as if foreshadowing the inevitable collapse of their ancient empire. (Washington Times)
Met Museum's Talks With Italy on Disputed Art Sour, Lawyer Says Jan 28, 2006
Those papers largely relate to evidence presented in the trial of Roman art dealer Giacomo Medici, who was convicted in December 2004 of smuggling objects that are now at the Met, Getty and other museums, Fiorilli said. Medici, 67, denies the charges and is free while appealing his conviction and 10-year prison sentence. (Bloomberg)
Villa Shines Through Getty's Clouds Jan 26, 2006
But the villa's Greek and Roman art tells a story, and it's a tale of the rise of civilizations and the fall of empires. First Athens became an imperial power, then Rome. (LA Times, CA -- California)
