On the front (obverse) of this coin the king Vabalathus is portrayed, facing right and wearing a crown of laurels. On the back (reverse), the emperor Aurelian is similarly portrayed, facing right and ...

The Hellenistic period spans the nearly three hundred years between the death of Alexander the Great of Macedonia (323 B.C.) and that of Cleopatra VII of Egypt (30 B.C.), a descendant of one of ...

The front of this coin portrays Scipio Africanus (the elder), with a trident preserved at left. On the back the god Jupiter stands between between the goddesses Juno and Pallas. Below them is ...

In December 1931 Pablo Picasso began a series of paintings of Marie-Thérèse Walter, a French model with whom he was romantically involved while married to his first wife, Olga Khokhlova. Perhaps ...

Following the premature death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, his generals, friends, and heirs engaged in forty years of wars over his empire. Lysimachus (reigned 323–281 BCE), one of Alexander’s ...

Join Interpretation staff members Nancy Chen and Molly Bryson for a creative writing program inspired by Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me. Participants will be guided through a series of close-looking ...

Pan-Africanism, first named and theorized around 1900, is commonly regarded as an umbrella term for political movements that have advanced the call for both individual self-determination and global ...

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the God Eros. On the back (reverse), the headdress of the goddess Isis is shown.

Coins were an excellent way for leaders to advertise their victories whether in battle or at the Olympic Games. King Philip (reigned 359–336 BCE), father of Alexander the Great, celebrated his win in ...

Pompeo Batoni’s grand portraits and numerous religious and historical commissions established him as the leading Roman painter of his day. He painted Peace and War on his own initiative, without a ...

Ancient Greek art spans a period between about 900 and 30 BCE and is divided into four periods: Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. Throughout that period, artists worked with a wide ...

The front of this coin depicts the head of the goddess Juno, facing right. On the back, a bull charges to the right.