In the scholarship of Graeco-Roman art, one is often confronted with images of wounded, dying or dead figures. Under modern approaches there is a tendency to feel sorry for the depicted, to glorify them and to highlight ...

Architectural sculpture and especially pediments or friezes showing mythological scenes have been dealt with by scholars for centuries. Aspects of interest were naming the different people depicted, referring the scene to ...

The Grotta Azzurra is a well-known sea cave located on the north west side of the island. Between 27 and 37 Capri became Tiberius’s permanent residence and it was the capital of the Roman World. The Grotta Azzurra is famous ...