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  2. Lansdowne Heracles - Wikipedia

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    The Lansdowne Heracles is a Roman marble sculpture of about 125 CE. Today it is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum's Getty Villa on the Malibu Coast, Los Angeles. The statue represents the hero Heracles as a beardless Lysippic [1] [2] [3] youth grasping the skin of the Nemean lion with his club upon his shoulder.

  3. California (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    California is a mid-19th century marble sculpture. Crafted by American sculptor Hiram Powers, the marble statue is an allegory for the wealth and danger of California.The sculpture, which is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, was the first sculpture by an American artist to enter the museum's collection.

  4. Pasquino Group - Wikipedia

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    The Pasquino Group (also known as Menelaus Carrying the Body of Patroclus or Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles) is a group of marble sculptures that copy a Hellenistic bronze original, dating to ca. 200–150 BCE. [1] At least fifteen Roman marble copies of this sculpture are known. [1]

  5. Carrara marble - Wikipedia

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    Carrara marble, or Luna marble (marmor lunense) to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana , the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany , Italy.

  6. Marble sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Lorenzo Bartolini, (Italian, 1777–1850), La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Marble sculpture. Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface before ...

  7. A monster diamond, ancient lipstick and erotic Roman ... - AOL

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    The name of the manor’s former owner appears as well, but upside down — as a possible curse on him. ... The marble statue was uncovered by archaeologists amid the remains of the ancient city ...

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