Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture

$40.00 at de Young Museum.

A stunning look at major Roman marble sculptures in the Torlonia Collection. Empire of Images invites the reader to explore the works in the storied Torlonia Collection, one of the largest and most important collections of ancient Roman marble sculptures in the world, including portraits of individuals and the imperial family, sculptures of gods and heroes, and large-scale funerary monuments. This book presents stunning new images of dozens of these sculptures, most of them dating to the height of the Roman…