Ancient sculptors were very much interested in color as well as form; the white marble statues we admire ... published—of the first-century A.D. Roman Lovatelli Venus. It was excavated from ...

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 ...

It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi, statues of deities and marble busts of Roman emperors. After being locked away for much of the 20th century, the collection toured Europe in a ...