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, the art-bronze market offered myriad colorful national dancer types — Breton, Roman

Sandro Botticelli, a Florentine, painted several versions of the theme of the Adoration of the Magi. The Magi, or wise men, were particularly venerated in Florence, as one of the city’s leading religious confraternities was dedicated to them.
„Botticelli’s Horsetamer: A Quotation from Antiquity which Reaffirms a Roman Date

An artist, an ecologist, a poet, a chef, a ballet dancer – and more! Discover notable people exploring the many stories revealed in art from the National Gallery’s rich collections. Set your own pace by selecting as many tour stops as you like, in the order you choose. Just enter the track number below, press go, then press the play button when the tour stop appears. Don’t forget your headphones!   Made possible by a grant from the Alice L. Walton Foundation
NARRATOR:  The Roman writer Virgil told how the Greeks hid an elite military unit

An artist, an ecologist, a poet, a chef, a ballet dancer – and more! Discover notable people exploring the many stories revealed in art from the National Gallery’s rich collections. Set your own pace by selecting as many tour stops as you like, in the order you choose. Just enter the track number below, press go, then press the play button when the tour stop appears. Don’t forget your headphones!   Made possible by a grant from the Alice L. Walton Foundation
NARRATOR:  The Roman writer Virgil told how the Greeks hid an elite military unit

During the Trojan War, the priest Laocoön angered the Greek gods, who sent snakes to kill him and his two sons. The legend became popular after a monumental, ancient marble sculpture of Laocoön and his sons was unearthed in Rome in 1506.
NARRATOR:  The Roman writer Virgil told how the Greeks hid an elite military unit

Orphée depicts many tragedies, but songwriter Dom Flemons finds the joy in it: it resolves in the beautiful scene of two lovers embracing. Flemons pairs it with the tranquil Blue Butterfly. The instrumental song helps the emotional weight sink in. 
And of course, with it being a Greco-Roman style painting in one type of way, it

totally devoid of punched decoration might be an indication that it predates both the Roman

Aernout van der Mye was a Roman Catholic cloth merchant whose home on the Nieuwendijk

Sensational and scandalous for an American audience unused to seeing classically nude statues of women, this figure by Hiram Powers caused a frenzy when it was first exhibited in the mid-19th century. Curious viewers came in droves to see it after Powers sent several copies from Italy, where he created the work.
as well as her idealized features, reflect Powers’s study of classical Greek and Roman

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Hellenistic period, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the rise of the Roman