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David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo.With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.
The Agusan image (commonly referred to in the Philippines as the Golden Tara in allusion to its supposed, but disputed, [1] identity as an image of a Buddhist Tara) is a 2 kg (4.4 lb), [2] 21-karat gold statuette, found in 1917 on the banks of the Wawa River near Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, Mindanao in the Philippines, [3] dating to the 9th–10th centuries.
The Galleria dell'Accademia has housed the original David by Michelangelo since 1873. [4] The sculpture was allegedly brought to the Accademia for reasons of conservation, although other factors were involved in its move from its previous outdoor location on Piazza della Signoria. The original intention was to create a "Michelangelo museum ...
The bronze cast of David in Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, is flanked by casts of the reclining figures in the Medici Chapel. [4]A plaster cast copy in the Cast Courts at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London was intended for the education of art students, and had a detachable fig leaf, used for added modesty during visits by Queen Victoria and other important ladies, when it was hung on ...
English: Michelangelo's David, sculpted from 1500 to 1504, is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture and one of Michelangelo's two greatest works of sculpture. David almost certainly holds the title of the most recognizable statue in the history of art. Florence, Italy.
A unit of the joint Philippine-American defense force was stationed at Manot, Talacogon, in the interior of the Agusan Valley, to engage in military operations against the occupying forces. [5] On June 17, 1967, Agusan was dissolved and was split into the two provinces of Agusan del Norte, and Agusan del Sur, through Republic Act No. 4979. The ...
Poverty incidence of Agusan del Sur 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 32.82 2006 53.84 2009 60.03 2012 48.08 2015 47.77 2018 37.89 2021 33.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Based on the 1995 census, 75% of the labor force is engaged in agriculture and forestry. Rice, corn and fruits are among the major agricultural crops. Human resources Agusan del Sur has a labor force of 287,000 people ...
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 1,462.74 square kilometres (564.77 sq mi) [8] constituting 14.64% of the 9,989.52-square-kilometre- (3,856.98 sq mi) total area of Agusan del Sur. Loreto is a river town situated south-west of Agusan del Sur.