Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greek Treasures Housed in Paris Museums

Ancient Greek statues and artistic treasures housed in Paris museums depict the Greeks' influence on the entire European ...
Greek Reporter

Were the Ancient Greeks as Beautiful as Their Statues?

Greek statues are admired worldwide for their extraordinary beauty, but do they truly reflect the actual appearance of the ...
Daily Mail

The Renaissance hipsters: Photographer dresses Louvre sculptures in preppy clothes and Ray-Bans to make 'the icon iconic'

The famous statues of the Louvre have been given a makeover. French photographer Léo Calliard, 27, from Paris, teamed up with digital imaging retoucher Alexis Persani to dress the Greek Agora ...
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Walking Through Louvre’s Ancient Sculpture Hall

Step into one of the Louvre’s most atmospheric galleries, where ancient sculptures silently tell stories of gods, heroes, and forgotten empires. This quiet walk takes you through marbled halls lined ...
NPR

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie Brøns, who ...
Hyperallergic

The Fugitive Ghost of Ancient Greece’s Greatest Sculptor

Although his work is legendary in ancient Greek sculpture, Phidias himself remains fugitive, a blank space whose outlines can be discerned in the copies of his works. "Fragment of the north frieze ...