At that time, archaeological discoveries at ancient sites like Herculaneum and Pompeii reignited interest in Greco-Roman art and architecture. The rational geometry and structural clarity of the ...

The executive order, titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” mandates that federal buildings be “beautiful” and praises the characteristics of Greco-Roman architecture ...

Amazons, werewolves and unnamed traders: historian Owen Rees uncovers the lives hidden at the edges of ancient empires – and ...

He said column based buildings were representative of traditional powerful public buildings. "They're adopting in an abstract way the language of Greco-Roman architecture," he said. He said the ...