Today German art is rising out of its ruins, and bringing with it new appreciation of the fact that Germany played a major role in developing what is now the dominant artistic mood: expressionism.

While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., archaeologists recently uncovered drawings of an intense gladiator battle on a ...

The ruins of Rome have served as a Rorschach test for centuries, with spectators projecting onto them their hopes, fears, or even disappointments. As early as 1411 the Greek scholar Manuel ...

A U.N. committee voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision that angered Israel, which controls the ...

Set in the direct aftermath of WWII and spanning the rest of the 20th century, Corporon’s “Daughter of Ruins,” which hit shelves Oct. 8, is full of the history, culture and myths of Greece.

Excavations in Italy have unearthed stick figure drawings in the ruins of Pompeii depicting gladiators and animal hunts believed to have been drawn by children before Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.

Art: Inspiring Ruins. 3 minute read. TIME. August 25, 1947 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... “I trod with lofty step the ruins of the Forum: each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Cicero spoke, ...

Rick Steves' Europe. Art Bites 120: The Ruins of Pompeii and Its Art. Clip | 5m 19s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The excavated site of Pompeii gives a revealing look at a great Roman city.

Tamara Cedré: To Rise Above Ruins runs through Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Riverside Art Museum in its Julia Morgan Building, a deeply personal exhibition inspired by the poetry of Derek Walcott ...

In 1987, the late great art critic Robert Hughes called Kiefer “the best painter of his generation on either side of the Atlantic”. His interests weren’t confined to German history.

Rohl first encountered de Vries and the ruins while a student at another university back in the early 2000s. He remembers telling his wife he wanted to dig at Umm Al-Jimal someday. He remembers being ...