Of Men and Stone

Detail of the <n>Hellenistic</n> sculpture <n>Laocoön and His Sons</n> by <n>Agesander</n>, <n>Polydorus</n>, and <n>Athenodorus</n>.

A profile view of <n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, photographed between 1900 and 1920.

<n>Fluvial God</n> (1524-1527), a sculpture by <n>Michelangelo Buonarroti</n>.

A bas-relief from the <n>Tomb of Nefertari</n> shows the goddess <n>Hathor</n> leading Queen <n>Nefertari</n>.

Actress <n>Yoshiko Yamaguchi</n> at the <n>Parthenon</n> in Athens, 1953. Photo by <n>Isamu Noguchi</n>.

The 1964-1968 relocation of the <n>Abu Simbel temples</n> in Egypt, a project led by <n>UNESCO</n>. Photo by <n>AFP</n>.

The <n>Porch of the Caryatids</n> of the <n>Erechtheion</n> on the Acropolis of Athens.

Cypriot <n>Stone votive relief of an eye</n> from the 4th century B.C. at <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

<n>Disjecta membra</n> in Cyrene, photographed by <n>Roloff Beny</n> in 1958.

Installation for the <n>Phoneican Exhibition</n> by <n>Gae Aulenti</n> and <n>Tecno</n> at The Palazzo Grassi Museum, Venice, 1988.

Workmen moving a statue in the <n>Louvre</n>, 1953. Photo by <n>Mark Shaw</n> for <n>The LIFE Picture Collection</n>.

<n>Fragments of mismatched faces</n> at the <n>NCG - Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek</n>. Photo by <n>mk sadler</n>.

<n>Louis Armstrong</n> plays for his wife <n>Lucille Wilson</n> at the <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> in 1961.

Cover art for the 2023 album <n>Ingen Skånsel</n> by <n>Koldbrann</n>, created by <n>Trine + Kim Design Studio</n>.

A sculpture by <n>Igor Mitoraj</n> on display at the <n>Valley of the Temples</n> in Agrigento, Sicily, 2011.

The <n>Colossi of Memnon</n> in Luxor, Egypt, 1965. Photo by <n>Eliot Elisofon</n>.

<n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n> and the <n>Pyramid of Cheops</n> at Giza, Egypt, c. 1904-05.

A film still from <n>Call Me by Your Name</n> (2017), directed by <n>Luca Guadagnino</n>.

The <n>Discobolus Lancellotti</n>, a Roman copy of a Greek original by <n>Myron</n>. Photo by <n>Carole Raddato</n>.

Carvings on a pillar at the <n>Philae Temple</n> in Egypt.

Marble sculpture <n>Undine Rising from the Waters</n> (1880) by artist <n>Chauncey Bradley Ives</n>.

Members of the <n>Second Japanese Embassy to Europe</n> at the <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, 1864. Photo by <n>Antonio Beato</n>.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, c. 1880. Photo by the <n>Zangaki Brothers</n>.

<n>Roman</n> marble bust, <n>Child Portrait of Caracalla</n>.

Excavations of the <n>Temple of Enlil</n> in Nippur, Iraq, by the <n>Penn Museum</n>, 1899-1900.

<n>The Winged Victory of Samothrace</n> at the <n>Musée du Louvre</n>. Photo by <n>Nicolas Bousser</n>.

The <n>Glyptothek</n> museum in Munich, designed by architect <n>Leo von Klenze</n>.

Roman marble relief from <n>Hadrian's Villa</n> depicting a youth, possibly <n>Castor</n>, c. 120-140 AD.

Album art for <n>Haunted Castle</n> by <n>French Police</n>. Artwork by <n>Brian Flores</n>.

<n>Glyptothek Munich</n>, 2007, a photograph by artist <n>Wolfgang Tillmans</n>.