When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

The city of Aphrodisias, because of its proximity to marble deposits, was a sculpture ... the statue head was found 164 feet from the remains of the Temple of Aphrodite, which itself was built ...

From the heads of Roman Emperors to the blood head of contemporary British artist Marc Quinn the greatest figures in world sculpture have continually turned to the head to reevaluate what it means ...