Tag Archives: The Laocoon group

parodies of divinization

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Dave

… Greek art remained faithful to the divine so long as its people remained faithful to the gods. But when the old Olympians were “no longer gods of a religion but gods of a culture,” the ” ‘ makers of … Continue reading →

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cave of tiberius: great grotto its got fragments

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Dave

The cave of Tiberius. Twelve thousand fragments in an Emperor’s sculpture gallery made a jigsaw puzzle for archaeologists. 1957. With every scoop of the shovel, the archaeologists became more certain that they had located what had once been the gallery … Continue reading →

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