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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...
300-pound wooden duck sculpture among newest art installations in downtown Little Rock
Two waterfowl-themed public art installations, including a 300-pound wooden duck sculpture, are on their way to the state ...
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The Most Famous Statues of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty
Across history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a prominent figure of beauty and love, and many statues have been built in ...
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Iconic refurbished, refinished sculpture relocated at YSU
One of those sculptures, the Primary Compass, was deconstructed, refurbished, and trucked in pieces to Youngstown, where it's being put back together on the campus of Youngstown State University.
New sculpture from artist behind Palm Springs' infamous naked babies installed downtown
The artist behind the giant naked babies with bar codes for faces that used to crawl through downtown Palm Springs has ...
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The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal after learning that it had been stolen. Officials ...
Ming Fay, 82, Who Made Magical Sculptures of the Natural World, Dies
His artwork paid tribute to its surroundings, in New York City and elsewhere, rendering nature at an oversized scale that ...
Sculptures capture the beauty of the ordinary at the Dallas Arboretum
North Texans go to the arboretum for the blooming flowers. But this year, they'll stay for art that captures the beauty of ...
After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...