Encaustic painting originated in Ancient Greece. The earliest written mention can be found in Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedia The Natural History.Over the following centuries, it was adopted by ...

An almost life-size frieze, or a 'megalography', has emerged which runs around three sides of the room. The cycle of ...

A painting by Wu Changshuo at the Eighth Hangzhou Biennial of Chinese Painting in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Eighth Hangzhou Biennial of Chinese ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...