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The Ancient Greek Treasures Housed in Paris Museums
Ancient Greek statues and artistic treasures housed in Paris museums depict the Greeks' influence on the entire European continent.
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‘It will change Canada’: How Toronto became home to the world’s largest public Henry Moore collection
Fifty years ago, the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre opened at the AGO — prompting both controversies and claims that the city ...
The Met’s secret employee art show is no longer secret
The man is Daniel Kershaw, senior exhibition designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This show is unlike any other under his purview. It’s the employee show, Art Work: Artists Working at the Met, ...
The ugly rule: Why every room needs something weird to make it pop
Intriguing objects are like the character actors of the design world, adding novelty and meaning to a space.
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Computer 'reconstructions' of faces from ancient times are popular. But how reliable are they?
The simplest form of facial reconstruction involves adding realistic-looking skin, eyes and hair to Greek or Roman busts. Other methods can be more ... As punishment for those who produced a sculpture ...
A bust was used as a door stopper in 1998. Now, it could sell for over $3 million.
The Invergordon Common Good Fund owns the bust, which was purchased in 1930 for about $6.35. Now, the historical bust could ...
Marble bust bought for $6 and used as doorstop could sell for more than $3 million
A sculpture bought for just £5 ($6.43) and used as a doorstop could sell for more than £2.5 million ($3.2 million) after a ...
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Marble bust bought for $6 and used as doorstop could sell for more than $3 million
A sculpture bought for just £5 ($6 ... It has taken years to decide the fate of the Bouchardon Bust, which was made by French sculptor Edmé Bouchardon in the early 18th century and depicts ...
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This Ancient Egyptian Statue Of Ramesses II Is 3,300-Years-Old And Said To Have Inspired The Famous Poem Ozymandias By Percy Shelley
About 3,300 years ago, in the early 13th century B.C., an Egyptian statue was made. It was carved from granite and contained ...
Marble bust bought for $6 and used as doorstop could be worth millions of dollars
The artwork disappeared for decades — until an eagle-eyed person spotted it in 1998 propping open the door of a shed in a ...
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This 72-year-old retreat 'feels like another home' for Ukrainian Americans
The Soyuzivka Ukrainian Heritage Center, a resort that sits about two and a half hours northwest of New York City, in ...
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Busts of Ancient Greek Trojan War Heroes Adorn Village in Turkey
Homer’s Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired the citizens of a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their main square. Tevfikiye, is located 1 km away from the ...