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From about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cultural exchange in the eastern Mediterranean, importing and exporting not just wares but also new artistic techniques and styles. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman craftsmen imitated one another's work, creating cultural and artistic (...)

The best-illustrated survey of a spectacular ancient art, now available in an affordable edition Mosaic has been called painting for eternity, and it is in fact one of the few arts of antiquity to survive in something like its original condition and variety. Mosaic pavements with geometric and (...)

Nuove ricerche e studi condotti da Peter Humfrey, uno dei maggiori esperti al mondo di arte veneziana del Rinascimento, sono confluiti nella mostra monografica dedicata Vittore Carpaccio - esposta prima alla National Gallery of Art di Washington e poi nelle sale dell'Appartamento del Doge di (...)