The Augustus of Prima Porta (is a full-length portrait statue of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of the Roman Empire. The statue was discovered on April 20, 1863, during archaeological excavations directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi at the Villa of Livia owned by Augustus’ third and final wife, Livia Drusilla in Prima Porta. Livia had retired […]
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The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (also known as Saint Teresa in Ecstasy; Italian: L’Estasi di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa in estasi) is a sculptural altarpiece group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel of the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. It was designed and carved by
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The statue of Julius Caesar in Rimini is located in Piazza Tre Martiri, in the heart of the city. This square was once part of the ancient Roman forum of Ariminum . The statue was donated to Rimini by Benito Mussolini in 1933 and inaugurated on September 10 of that year (Rimini Due Punto Zero).
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The Mouth of Truth is an ancient Roman marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, at the Piazza della Bocca della Verità, the site of the ancient Forum Boarium (the ancient cattle market). According to enduring medieval legend, it will bite off the hand of any liar who places their
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Fontana del Tritone is a seventeenth-century fountain in Rome, by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Commissioned by his patron, Pope Urban VIII, the fountain is located in the Piazza Barberini,near the entrance to the Palazzo Barberini (which now houses the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica) that Bernini helped to design and construct for the Barberini, Urban’s family.This fountain should be distinguished from the
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