Still, Moving: Featuring Works From The Corcoran Legacy Collection at the Katzen Art Center at American University

Woman seated on a chair or throne, her head covered and her hands resting on her knees. Her long garment now appears white, with a red stripe running down the center; traces of fol...

Depiction of the head of the Gorgon Medusa in relief. Curling and waving hair frames a rounded, symmetrical face, which is frontal to the viewer. At the cheeks, snake heads emerge ...

Standing with the weight shifted to one leg and the other slightly advanced, this woman holds a pitcher in her proper right hand and a shallow bowl (a phiale mesomphalos, with a ce...

This terracotta object depicts the head of a mature man in relief. Bearded and mustachioed, he also wears a wide, low polos (a high cylindrical headdress or crown), under which his...

This small terracotta sculpture of a male youth playing pan pipes depicts the Greek and Roman mythological figure of Attis. Shown as an “eastern” shepherd, the youth sits on a rock...

This pelike, a two-handled jar with a baggy body, depicts a fight between a figure on horseback and a mythical creature, a lion-headed griffin. The griffin’s paws (now largely lost...