Art History What to Know About the Greek Discobolus, a Hallmark of the Ancient Olympics. Marking the return of the Summer Olympic Games, we took a closer look at one of the oldest and most iconic ...

What it is: A Greek terra-cotta pot known as an amphora Where it is from: Vulci, Italy When it was made: Circa 530 B.C., during Greece's Archaic period Related: Venus of Brassempouy: The 23,000 ...

Last Friday, the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony featured a performance by drag artists gathered around a long table. Immediately, conservative Christian politicians and Catholic leadership ...

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The 2024 Summer Olympics has only just begun, but not without controversy. The long-awaited summer games launched on Friday with an extravagant opening ceremony on the Seine River featuring Paris ...

A Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony scene reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” continued to stir controversy Sunday as Paris 2024 producers and the ceremony’s designer Thomas ...

A depiction of Greek gods partying atop Mount Olympus at the Olympics opening ceremony spurred conflicting public reactions as primarily conservative critics erroneously claimed that the ...

When the Olympics was banned by the Roman Emperor in 393 AD, citing religious reasons and the modern version was reborn, art contests were also added in 1912, with the sole vision of forging a ...

Instead of a gold medal, victors at the ancient Greek Panathenaic Games received terra-cotta pots filled with Athenian olive oil from sacred trees.