Classical Art: From Greece to Rome

This exciting new look at Classical art starts with the excavation of the buried city of Pompeii, and goes on to investigate the grandiose monuments of ancient tyrants, and the sensual beauty of Apollo and Venus. Concluding with that most influential invention of all, the human portrait, it highlights the rediscovery of Classical art in the modern world, from the treasure hunts of Renaissance Rome to scientific retrieval in the twenty-first century.