Pergamon Altar. Hecate fighting against the giant Klytios nePergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The three-faceted goddess Hecate fighting with a torch
Bust of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD)Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD). Roman emperor. Roman bust. Marble. From Kandilli, Lamunia (Bozhoyuk). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Winged Victory of Samothrace or Nike of SamothraceGreek art. Winged Victory of Samothrace or Nike of Samothrace. 2nd century BC. Marble. Sculpture of the greek goodess Nike (Victory). Museum of Louvre. Paris
Michelangelo (1475-1564). David. 1501-1504. Detail. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. Florence. Galleria dell Accademia
BERNINI, Giovanni Lorenzo (1598-1680). Pluto and Proserpina. 1621-1622. Baroque art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. Rome. Borghese Gallery and Museum
Michelangelo (1475-1564). Pieta. 1498-1499. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Sculpture on marble. VATICAN CITY. Saint Peters Basilica
BERNINI, Giovanni Lorenzo (1598-1680). David. 1623-1624. Baroque art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. Rome. Borghese Gallery and Museum
The Camden Turkish Baths, 11a Kentish Town Road, LondonBoard-mounted promotional poster for The Camden Turkish Baths, 11a Kentish Town Road, London - designed and erected under the personal superintendence of Mr. H. H. Bridgeman ARIBA Arch
Michelangelo (1475-1564). Madonna of Bruges. 1501 - 1504. BELGIUM. Bruges. Church of Our Lady. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Sculpture on marble
Statue of Nike by Paionios - Olympia, GreeceReconstruction of a Statue of Nike (Goddess of Victory), originally by Paionios - Olympia, Greece (425420 BC). The statue originally stood near the temple of Zeus on a triangular 6-metre high pillar
Marble Hill, County Donegal by P O TooleMarble Hill, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland by P O Toole
Metope. Parthenon marbles depicting part of the batlle betweSouth metope XXX. Parthenon marbles depicting part of the batlle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths. 5th c. BC. Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant AlcyoneusPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants
Augustus Prima Porta. Vatican MuseumsAugustus (61 BC-14 AD). First roman emperor. Marble statue of Augustus of Prima Porta. (1st century) in the role of commander of the army. Vatican Museums. Vatican City State
POLYCLITUS 5th c. BC). Doryphoros. 440 - 430 BC. Roman copy (1st c.). Roman art. Early Empire.; Classical Greek art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology
Marble statue of Hermes by Praxiteles IClose-up of the marble statue of Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus by Praxiteles I of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder and one of the foremost Attic Sculptors. Date: circa 1910s
General view of The Forum, Rome, ItalyGeneral view of the Roman Forum, or Forum Romanum, in Rome, Italy. In the middle distance is the triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, in white marble
Bust of CiceroBust of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-46 BC) - a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul, and constitutionalist. Bust in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy
Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopheSocrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Bust. Found at Piazza Venezia. 1st. century. Pentelic marble. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy
Paris, France - Champs-Elysees, The Paiva Mansion. Date: 1902
Asclepius. 4th c. BC. Classical Greek art. Sculpture on marble. GREECE. Epidaurus. Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus
Hall in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe-seloThe semi-circular hall where the imperial prisoners assembled for their outings, and on their departure for Tobolsk
The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini, Romagna, ItalyThe Tempio Malatestiano (Italian Malatesta Temple) - the cathedral church of Rimini, Italy. The upper part of the facade, which was supposed to include a gable end, was never finished Date: 1903
Bust of Vespasian. Sculpture on marble
Northern Trust Company Bank, Chicago, Illinois, USANorthern Trust Company Bank, La Salle and Monroe Streets, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1900s
Marble Hill Strand and Clonmass Hd, North West Donegal - a view along a beach to the headland with people in the foreground
Pergamon Altar. Hephaistos and goddess Eos riding a horsePergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. South frieze. Gigantomachy
Arch of Titus. Rome. ItalyRoman Art. Arch of Titus. Erected in the year 81 to commemorate the conquest of Titus against the Jews. It features carved scenes of the conquest and subsequent destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70)
Temple of Vesta. Rome. ItalyItaly. Rome. Temple of Vesta. Roman Forum
Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC)Greek art. Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC). Marble relief depicting a warrior sitting sad and meditating on the stern of a ship. Beside him, his helmet and shield
Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2Art Greek. Hellenistic. Statue of Lacoon and his sons (Antiphates and Thymbraeus). The sculpture is attributed by three sculptors from the island of Rhodes. Agesander, Athenedores and Polydorus
Ares and Aphrodite. Greek artVotive relief dedicated to Ares and Aphrodite. 5th c.BC. Classical Greek art. Relief on marble. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Archaeological Museum
Greek Statue of Aphrodite, Pan and ErosGreek Marble Statue of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros - circa 100BC, found at Delos Date: circa 100BC
Greece. Athens. Parthenon. Head of horse from the chariot of the moon-goddes Selene. East pediment. 5th C. BC. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Three Goddesses. Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite. East PedimentThree Goddesses. Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite. From the East Pediment of the Parthenon, Athens. High Classical Greek. 438-432 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747). Corfu. GreeJohann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747). Marshal defender of the city of Corfu of the Turkish invasion of 1716. Marble statue. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece
PRAXITELES (flourished 370, -330 BC). Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus. ca. 330 BC. Hermes carrying the child Dionysus to the nymphs who were charged with his rearing. Classical Greek art
Discobolo Lancellotti. ca. 460 - 450 BC. Replica of the Discobolus of Myron. Roman copy. Classical Greek art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. Rome. National Roman Museum
Cast copy of the Juno LudovisiModern cast copy of the Juno Ludovisi (Hera Ludovisi) - a colossal 1st century Roman marble head depicting an idealized and youthful Antonia Minor as the goddess Juno. Date: circa 1910s
Sarcophagus. Marble. Tel Mevorah. Battle between AmazonsAmazon sarcophagus. Marble. Tel Mevorah. Roman Period. Early 3rd century AD. Detail. Battle between the Amazons and the Greeks. Relief. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel
ROMAN ART. Roman marble relief from a conmmemorative monument to the Battle of Actium (31 BC). Detail of a processional scene. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
Roman Art. Marphurius or Marforio. Marble. Capitoline MuseumRoman Art. Marphurius or Marforio. One of the talking statues of Rome. 1st century A.D. Marble sculpture depicting a reclining bearded river god or Oceanus. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy
Plato (428-348 BC). BustPlato (428-348 BC). Greek philosopher. Bust. Marble. Roman copy of 1st century after a greek original of 4th century BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Colossal statue of a goddess. 2nd century ADRoman colossal statue of a goddess. 138-161 AD. The head is latest. Marble. From Egypt. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin. Germany
Etruscan. Cineray urn on podium. Chamber tomb of the Pruni family near Chiusi, Etruria. 200-100 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Italy. Venice. Church of San Giorgio Maggiore by Palladio built between 1565 and 1568. The facade is made of white marble from Istria
Pan and Olympus. 4th-2nd c. BC. Roman copy. Greek art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology
Royal Navy parade, Coronation day, 1953A contingent of the Royal Navy gives a superb display of marching skill as they reach Marble Arch. The three columns are seen at the moment of dividing. 1953