Sentences with phrase «ancient statues of»

The cotton relief covering the wall in the back part of the gallery might at first look like an anti-form work of the»60s, but it takes on a different meaning through the title Bamiyan - Apparat, which alludes to the valley in Afghanistan where the Taliban destroyed ancient statues of the Buddha.

He's tall, taller than you think, and his muscles are shaped in such a fashion as to make ancient statues of Greek gods look as shapely as a bag of melted taffy.

He's tall, taller than you think, and his muscles are shaped in such a fashion as to make ancient statues of Greek gods look as...

Two men seek a treasure buried beneath an ancient statue of Kannon.

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As for our country's moral plight: We once prided ourselves on endorsing the words of poet Emma Lazarus, who wrote the famous sonnet inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: «Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!

As we approach the 2016 Rio Olympics with the magnificent statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking proceedings, let's not forget that nearly 2,000 years ago in AD 394, Christian emperor Theodosius I, strongly supported by the theological heavyweights of the age (Tertullian, Philo of Alexandria and Chrysostom), banned the ancient Olympics, not least due to the barbaric violence evident in the sports of boxing and pankration (a sport very similar to MMA).

Pausanias, an ancient Roman historian who wrote about the feats of strength and skill that the athletes of his day accomplished — I guess this makes him the worlds first sports writer — tells the story of a statue that is in the Phigalian marketplace of a famous wrestler named Arrachion.

See a 17 - foot statue of King Tut at this unique museum dedicated to the study of the ancient Middle East, which is also located on the University of Chicago campus.

By last week the toll included the statues in the Mosul Museum, the classical site of Hatra, and the ancient Assyrian capitals of Nineveh, Nimrud, and Khorsabad, famed for their massive protective deities in the form of human - headed winged bulls.

Sandow was a perfect «gracilian», a standard of ideal body proportions close to those of ancient Greek and Roman statues.

The film presents a fantastic contrast between the old and the new right from the very start when a statue of Christ is flown in by helicopter past ancient Roman aqueducts, over construction sites for new suburban tenement buildings, and over the rooftop of penthouse apartments decked out with bikini - clad women of the leisure class.

A discussion of U.S. monuments might lead to a discussion about monuments from other cultures, such as the Egyptian pyramids, or to the recent destruction of ancient Buddhist statues by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Surrounding the museum you'll find many statues and ruins of the ancient temples.

The outdoor Neptune Pool, / 32 metres in length and with an oil - burning heating system, evokes ancient Greece and Rome, with marble statues of Neptune and Nereid guarding over the aquatic paradise.

Visit the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, See thousands of Buddha statues at the Yungang Grottoes, Enjoy an included calligraphy class, Explore the ancient city of Pingyao

Ranging from prehistoric relics to remnants of the Greco - Roman period, the collection includes samples of ancient pottery and sculpture, statues from the Temple of Zeus, and coins from Agrigento's long - forgotten history.

Even more shrouded in mystery is San Agustín, where more than 500 life - sized ancient sculpted statues of enigmatic origin dot the surrounding countryside.

With the ancient collections of Indonesian artifacts, statues and beautiful fabrics can be combined well with the concept of open building, Villa Rice Terrace offers a view of a modern room in the middle of a classic traditional villages.

As long as you walked past the small road leading to the living room that is located 10 meters outside the above, you will pass the four ancient Balinese statues made of stone.

It is said that the ancient islanders resorted to this psychic and supernatural power in order to transport the Moai, and that the statues walked to their destination because of it.

It is mostly famous from the statue of Venus of Milo (Aphrodite), a fine piece of Greek Ancient Art, that was discovered on the island and it is today hosted in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

Day 9 Visit Ayuthaya, former capital of Thailand including the bronze statues of Wat Mongkol Borpith and the three ancient pagodas at Wat Phra Srisanpetch and Wat Pranangcherng.

Besides the statue of them, the monastery also houses ancient images of Gods and Goddesses.

The outdoor Neptune Pool, 104 feet / 32 metres in length and with an oil - burning heating system, evokes ancient Greece and Rome, with marble statues of Neptune and Nereid guarding over the aquatic paradise.

This is surrounded by a huge sun terrace filled with Roman statues and marble columns, following the resort s Roman theme.Take a trip out on the property s own catamaran, the Lady Shelley, to see whales and dolphins in their natural habitat of the Atlantic Ocean.The Cleopatra Palace Hotel is formed of three luxury buildings, offering amazing views of the original Roman Swimming Pool with the large terrace for sunbathing, surrounded by magnificent columns and marble statues of gods of the ancient Roman Empire or romantic views of the sea and the promenade flanked by exotic palm trees and is situated opposite the delightful Playa de

Glide through underground river caves sparkling with mica - studded stalactites and stalagmites, filled with 1000 year old pottery shards, statues of fertility gods and ancient Mayan footprints.

It is one of Bali's ancient and largest monuments and consists of 10 rock - cut candi (shrines)-- memorials cut out of the rock face in imitation of actual statues.

Bullet Boy's premise is simple — you take control of a hero who's constantly searching for and collecting ancient statue artifacts.

Caverns of Gink 1985 In Caverns of Gink you control Prof. George Jumpalot on a quest to find a sacred statue left by the Ginkians, an ancient tribe of headhunters.

Rangi «PSVR» - Solve complex puzzles, explore hidden temples, reconstruct ancient statues, escape deadly platforms, and revel in the joy of flight.

There we see a dozen white plaster casts of ancient Greco - Roman statues, an inflated snowman, and sundry vernacular objects, the best of which is a row of mailboxes.

How are the status and meaning of an artwork — whether an Ancient Greek statue, a digital photograph, or a painting by an itinerant portraitist — altered through the creation of facsimiles, through exhibition, or through the conversion of the object into image or code?

Plus: US authorities seize ancient Greek vase at the Met Twelve recipients of Getty's architectural conservation grant announced Stolen equipment closes Koki Tanaka installation at Skulptur Projekte Münster and archaeologists unearth ancient statue at Cambodian temple

Mamdouh Eldamaty has spoken out about the controversial sale of an ancient Egyptian statue in the UK

Highlights include small - scale sculptures by modern masters like Auguste Rodin, Jacques Lipchitz, and Henry Moore; ancient Chinese mingqi tomb figures and Buddhist devotional statues; European bronzes of princes, putti, and classical heroes; and boundary - breaking work by contemporary artists including Magdalena Abakanowicz, John Chamberlain, Robert Irwin, and H. C. Westermann.

Like Billy Al Bengston, he also studied at the Los Angeles County (now Otis) Art Institute with Peter Voulkos, but where Voulkos subjects urns and statues to the cracks and fissures of ancient totems, Price started making ordinary cups before turning to abstraction.

Inside the eclectic Centro Asturianas, the Colecion de Arte Universal of Havana's El Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes displays a row of ancient Greek statues.

He then uses an assortment of tools, including chisels and Japanese carving instruments to meticulously hand - sculpt each form, using imagery from skateboard culture as inspiration... Haroshi's technique is akin to the ancient Japanese tradition of building wooden Buddha statues, including the conservation of materials to minimise weight and embedding an object inside the sculpture.»

One of his most known works though is belonging to the movement, and it is the Venus of the rags: the statue we see from behind is a copy of an ancient greek one, and it's made of marble (so it's now clear that we don't see only poor materials!)

The abstracted and simplified shapes, however, also recall the earliest forms of sculptural representation, such as the iconic carved Moai statues of Easter Island and the ancient sculptural forms of Asian religious art.

Artist Statement Being deeply mystified by witnessing an Abhishek — an ancient ritual offering flowers and a ritual bathing of a Murti — either an enlivened statue of a realized being or a lingam — I began to ponder the implications in several ways.

Collections The new section Collections, curated by Sir Norman Rosenthal, will include Japanese netsuke (Sydney Moss, London); a 40 - piece display of Italian maiolica (Bazaart, London); and a collection of rare wooden Egyptian sculpture, including an exceptional large statue from the Fifth Dynasty (2500 — 2400 BC)(Sycomore Ancient Art, London).

This photograph shows three sculptures his father had collected — two 19th - century replicas of ancient statues and a circa 1880 bust by Moses Ezekiel depicting the Old Testament heroine Judith — as they were being moved in a wooden cart from one house to another.

In China ancient statues and figures, stele and carvings were produced for thousands of years.

Since 1977, visitors to Pasadena's Norton Simon Museum have encountered an ancient Cambodian statue that has the wide, hulking build and arrogant attitude of an NFL nose tackle who has just sacked a rival quarterback.

The National Archeological Museum (Athens) Has the world's richest collection of artifacts and antiquities from Ancient Greece, including prehistoric Cycladic, and Mycenaean items, ancient Greek sculpture (statues and reliefs) and pottery, the Stathatos Collection, the Vlastos Collection, and an assembly of Egyptian artAncient Greece, including prehistoric Cycladic, and Mycenaean items, ancient Greek sculpture (statues and reliefs) and pottery, the Stathatos Collection, the Vlastos Collection, and an assembly of Egyptian artancient Greek sculpture (statues and reliefs) and pottery, the Stathatos Collection, the Vlastos Collection, and an assembly of Egyptian artifacts.

Over four metres tall, it draws on both Domanović's recent research into molecular biology and the ancient Greek sculpture «Moscophoros» — a statue of a man carrying a sacrificial calf on his shoulders.

Greek Sculpture Made Simple History, Timeline, Characteristics of Statues, Reliefs From Ancient Greece.

They hoped this occasion would see the image of the «Chief pipes Poyle sand without number, on a silver field,» an ancient statue carving chisel of an academician who does not lead wide.

However, Kore is also the name of a kind of freestanding ancient Greek statue, depicting a young girl bearing the neutral «archaic smile.»