ROME — The ancient Pompeian fresco depicting the mythological scene of Leda and the swan was well preserved. It shows the rape of the queen of Sparta by Jupiter, the Romans’ Zeus, in the form ...

This piece is special however, Osanna argued, as Leda looks out of the painting at its viewer. Usually, Leda is shown standing and not engaged in intercourse, as she appears to be in this latest ...

An ancient fresco depicting an erotic scene from the Greek myth “Leda and the Swan” has been uncovered at the Pompeii archeological site in central Italy.

Leonardo paintings are exceedingly rare, so discovering the artist's rendition of Leda and the Swan would be especially momentous. No one alive has seen the work in person, but traces of it are ...

The documentary "The Rape of Europa," airing at 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, on PBS station KCTS, chronicles how the Nazis looted great art during their reign and the efforts to restore some of it to ...

Archeologists revealed a new fresco painting dating back 2,000 before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii during excavation advancements underway with The Great ...

Leda and the Swan warns against straight college sex without ever considering that Greek life—and heterosexuality, which it tends to represent in an oddly metonymic way—can, at its worst ...

Archeologists revealed a new fresco painting dating back 2,000 years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii during excavation advancements underway with The ...

Most Leda paintings, even when in flagrante delicto, show only the swan's neck and wings. They stress, that it, the graceful, feathery, visible-above-water aspect of the bird.