The figures, representing Zeus, Demeter and other Greek divinities, are executed in showy glazed terra cotta. To contemporary eyes, the effect appears Art Deco, and rather camp. While viewers ...

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed ... an archaeologist and curator of ancient art at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, proposes that Greco-Roman statues ...

The study employed photography methods to unveil design details invisible to the naked eye. The team continued ... has been an emblem of monumental Greek painting, from the 4th century BCE.