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Tag Archives: Sculpture
848 AD: Parinirvana
The Mogao Caves, carved into cliffs near the town of Dunhuang in northwest China, date from the 4th to the 14th century AD and lay along the ancient trade route known as the Silk Road. There are about 500 of them, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, 8th Century, 9th Century, Buddhism, China, James Lo, Photography, Sculpture, USA
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1875: An Absolute Democracy
The notion has always very generally prevailed that the queen of the bees is an absolute ruler, and issues her royal orders to willing subjects. Hence Napoleon the First sprinkled the symbolic bees over the imperial mantle that bore the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, Bees, Books, Democracy, France, Insects, John Burroughs, Louis Auzoux, Poltical Science, Sculpture, USA
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1822: Murmurs of the Air
Despite the fact that Percy Bysshe Shelley had been expelled from Oxford University in 1811 for publishing an anonymous pamphlet called The Necessity of Atheism, this elaborate memorial was erected to the poet there in 1893. Shelly had drowned off … Continue reading
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Tagged 1820's, 1890's, Art, Atheism, Death, Edward Onslow Ford, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poetry, Sculpture
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40,000 ya: Löwenmensch
Discovered in 1939, the Löwenmensch (“lion-human”) is an ivory figurine carved from a mammoth’s tusk. It is the oldest-known zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world, as well as the oldest-known example of figurative art. Historically, there has been some debate over … Continue reading
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Tagged 41st Millenium BC, Animals, Art, Cryptids, Germany, Lions, Sculpture, Women
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19th Century: The Meat-Shaped Stone
This artifact from the Qing Dynasty is a naturally-layered and dyed piece of jasper carved to resemble a piece of stewed pork. It is housed in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
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Tagged 19th Century, China, Food and Drink, Sculpture, Taiwan
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1660: Peepshow
Samuel van Hoogstraten: Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House (c. 1655-60) (source)
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Tagged 17th Century, Art, Miniatures, Netherlands, Samuel van Hoogstraten, Sculpture
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1994: Selected Works
cho Kcho: Obras Escogidas (Selected Works) (1994) (source)
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Alexis Leyva Machado, Art, Books, cho Kcho, Cuba, Latino/as/x, Sculpture, Ships & Sailing
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4th Century AD: Apollo
Head of Apollo of the Anzio type; Roman copy of a 4th century Greek original.
2010: Beauty Shop
Lori Nix at work on Beauty Shop (2010), one of a series of photographs of post-apocalyptic miniatures. (See her website.)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Art, Lori Nix, Miniatures, Photography, Science Fiction, Sculpture, USA, Women
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17th Century: Cup
Standing cup – 17th century Germany; possibly by workshop of Lorenz Zick (1594–1666) or Stephen Zick (died 1715) (source)
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