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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]
Terpsichore is one of the classical Greek Muses. She is the Muse of dance and the dramatic chorus. Terpsichore may also refer to: Terpsichore statuette from Dodona, a Hellenistic statuette of the goddess; Terpsichore, a compendium of more than 300 instrumental dances by Michael Praetorius
Key Spanish Films for Sale at Berlin’s EFM – From an Ester Expósito Starrer to Sundance Hits and the Latest from Amenábar, Carla Simón and Cesc Gay Jamie Lang February 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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.
California Volunteers was originally installed at the intersection of Market and Van Ness, [3] per the request of the sponsoring committee of citizens and the sculptor.. This committee and the sculptor, Douglas Tilden, are unanimous in favor of locating this, the most important of our public monuments, at the junction of Van Ness avenue and Market street.
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.
The cast-cement sculpture of Saint Monica of Hippo is approximately 10 ft (3.0 m) tall and rests on a concrete base that is approximately 6 ft (1.8 m) tall.[3] [4] (Father Juan Crespí visited the nearby Tongva Sacred Springs on an expedition in 1769; the scattered pools of flowing water reminded him of Monica’s tears for her son Augustine, of later Confessions fame. [5]
Statue of Junípero Serra (Monterey, California) Statue of Junípero Serra (Sacramento, California) Statue of Junípero Serra (U.S. Capitol) Statue of Lucille Ball (Palm Springs, California) Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Davis, California) Statue of Pete Wilson; Statue of Robert Burns (San Francisco) Statue of Sonny Bono; Statue of Sun Yat-sen (Los ...