Sentences with phrase «ancient sculptures found»
Chemists have confirmed something that archaeologists and art historians have long suspected: Ancient sculptures found in western Africa contain blood from ritual animal sacrifices in their patina.
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A few artifacts with features that are reminiscent of this sculpture have been found elsewhere in ancient Malta, such as the fragments of carved beds and the terra - cotta Sleeping Lady of the Hypogeum.
This African breed is arguably the most ancient breed in the world, and sculptures of dogs resembling the Basenji can be found in Egyptian tombs.
The «Giant's Head» and «Mud Maid» woodland sculptures were just two of the surprises to be found along the woodland walk, emerging gently from the undergrowth in the beautifully natural forest, alongside some truly magnificent ancient broadleaved trees.
Beloved of the ancient Maya, jade is mined in Guatemala today and you'll find it both as jewelry and as miniature sculpture.
Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable is a vast array of sculptures posing as ancient artefacts newly found from the ocean floor.
The majority of the sculptures on show resemble ritualistic totems that reflect the seasons and echo the figures and clothing found in ancient Japanese theatre (that was also appropriated by David Byrne of Talking Heads for his famous «big suit» during the band's Stop Making Sense concert film made in 1984).
In these sculptures, one might find references to works that range from ancient African and Indian sculpture to modern creations.
The first, Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300 — 2000 B.C., is at the Morgan Library and Museum until Aug. 21.
It is well - known that Barnett Newman, for example, found spiritual meaning in Kwakiutl sculpture and the Fort Ancient mounds.
For his MATRIX project, Dion combines the museum's collection with his practice of investigating the intersection of art and the history of science, developing a hierarchical chain of living creatures to create a Wadsworth - specific version of «The Great Chain of Being» (based on Aristotle's ancient model) through details of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts found in the museum's collection.
His explorations of the ancient landscape can be found in paintings, photos, fabrics and sculptures.
Paul Feeley (1910 — 1966), while often mistakenly associated with the Color Field painters of the 1940s and 1950s, in fact found the inspiration for his work primarily from ancient art, Greek architecture and Egyptian sculpture.