KS2 (ENG), KS2 (NI), CfE L2 (SCO), PS3 (WAL), KS3 (ENG), KS3 (NI), CfE L3 (SCO), KS3 (WAL)
The photo of an antefix (half and half). Image credit: Lars Hummelshøj
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Southend Museums
© Succession Yves Klein c/o ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Tate
Gold statuette of Amun. Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, c.945–712 BC, possibly from Thebes, Karnak, Egypt. Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Ain Sakhri lovers figurine. c. 10,000 BC (the Natufian period), calcite cobble, found at Wadi Khareitoun, Judea, near Bethlehem. Image credit: The British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image credit: The Bowes Museum
Image credit: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
A painted copy of Caligula
Although we are used to seeing white marble statues from the classical period in museums and galleries, ancient Greek and Roman sculptors originally painted their artworks in bright colours. Find out more in this episode of the Art Matters podcast, and the accompanying story.
