Details: The Momo Staircase is located in the Vatican Museums in the Vatican City State. Information: The staircase was designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932. The staircase forms a double helix consisting of two ramps which circumnavigate around one central point. One ramps accommodates people ascending while the other accommodates those descending. The staircase covers Read more about The Momo Staircase[…]
Details: The Laocoön is a Roman sculptural copy of an original Greek bronze and is located in the Vatican Museums. Information: According to Pliny, the statue was made by Hagesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus, three sculptors from the Greek island of Rhodes. Discovered on the Esquiline Hill in Rome in 1506, the marble copy was missing its right Read more about The Laocoön[…]
Details: The Cupid and Psyche Kiss is located in the Capitoline Museums, in Rome. Information: This sculpture dates from the first or second century AD and is a Roman copy of a Greek original from the second century BC. The sculpture was discovered in 1749 on the Aventine Hill in Rome. The sculpture represents a Read more about The Cupid and Psyche Kiss[…]
Details: The Colosseum is located in Rome and dates from the first century A.D. Information: The Colosseum is the largest amphitheater ever built (620 x 513 feet) and is constructed out of concrete and sand. It was commissioned by emperor Vespasian and completed under his sons, emperors Titus and Domitian, all of whom were members Read more about The Colosseum[…]
Details: The Palombara or Lancellotti Discobolus is located in the National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Massimo. Information: This sculpture depicts an athlete in the process of throwing a discus, thus receiving its name Discobolus. This Roman sculpture dates from the first century A.D. and is a marble copy of an original Greek bronze sculpture from the Read more about The Discobolus[…]