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News of the statuette's alleged false origins were spread in the black market, with the result that its price and perceived worth plummeted quickly. [3] Nevertheless, the Terpsichore statuette was acquired by the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, United States, in 2002, alongside some other artifacts of dubious provenance and legality. [1]
It replaces a statue of Father Junípero Serra, the founder of California’s notorious mission system, long a symbol of Native pain and oppression. Protesters toppled Serra’s statue in 2020.
El Cid Campeador is an outdoor equestrian statue depicting the 11-century Spanish knight and warlord El Cid by artist Anna Hyatt Huntington, architect William Templeton Johnson, and the foundry General Bronze Company, installed at Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama in San Diego, California.
Terpsichore on an antique fresco from Pompeii. In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (/ t ər p ˈ s ɪ k ər iː /; Ancient Greek: Τερψιχόρη, "delight in dancing") is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus. She lends her name to the word "terpsichorean", which means "of or relating to dance".
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Statue of Harrison Gray Otis; Statue of Jerry Coleman; Statue of Jerry West; Statue of Junípero Serra (U.S. Capitol) Statue of Kobe and Gianna Bryant; Statue of Luc Robitaille; Statue of Lucille Ball (Palm Springs, California) Statue of Oscar De La Hoya; Statue of Óscar Romero; Statue of Pete Wilson; Statue of Sonny Bono; Statue of Tony Gwynn ...
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Jul. 31—A controversial statue of a Spanish conquistador that has been in hiding since 2020 will soon be on public display again. The life-size bronze statue of Don Diego de Vargas, whose role ...