Reading Ovid in Sarasota.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Dirty Art
This image of two griffins running down a deer, from the 4th century BC, was looted from Italian ruins:
More about this in a good NPR story on the often illicit quest for ancient art:
'Chasing Aphrodite' And Other Dirty Art World Deals
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