Set against a ruby-red backdrop, the wall paintings depict female followers of Dionysus—the Greek god of wine and ecstasy—engaged in secretive cult rituals. Also known as maenads or bacchantes, the ...

Dated to between 40 and 30 B.C. at the time of the eruption, it depicts the initiation ritual necessitated to enter the cult, ...

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...

Artist Laura Dawe shares how to embrace imperfection, find your style and create something beautiful — no experience required ...

Villa Cuomo, an archaeological gem discovered in 1974 in the town of Sant’Antonio Abate, continues to reveal its secrets.

IAN HOLLOWAY enjoyed four years out of football as he focussed on painting and travelling Britain in his motorhome. One of his proudest pieces of art was an acrylic painting of West Ham legend and ...

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient paintings in Villa Cuomo, Italy, depicting Roman wine harvesting linked to Dionysus ...

Now, archeologists have uncovered a sensational fresco in Pompeii depicting a mysterious cult of raving, intoxicated women. Found at the newly-excavated House of Thiasus, the wall art depicts ...

Thirty minutes of bliss as art and ASMR sensation Bob Ross illustrates perfect, peaceful painting in his own gentle ... worldwide since 1982. Ross is a cult figure, with nearly two million ...

Thirty minutes of bliss, as art and ASMR sensation Bob Ross illustrates perfect, peaceful painting in his own gentle ... worldwide since 1982. Ross is a cult figure, with nearly two million ...

it depicts the initiation ritual necessitated to enter the cult, a process known as the Mysteries of Dionysus. “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality ...

“I learned to paint with acrylics — I do portraits – because I’ve always got to be doing something new. “I find painting frustrating because everything I do, I don’t see as good enough ...