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2. List of Whaling Walls - Wikipedia

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   Repainted by Andell prior to 2024. One wall retains original subject while second wall now has dolphins instead of whales 54: Alaska's Marine Life: 406 W. 5th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska: August 8, 1994: 55: Orcas A-30 Subpod: Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: August 15, 1994: EXTINCT; [5] Completely painted over on June 20 ...

3. Minoan art - Wikipedia

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   Since wood and textiles have decomposed, the best-preserved (and most instructive) surviving examples of Minoan art are its pottery, palace architecture (with frescos which include "the earliest pure landscapes anywhere"), [3] small sculptures in various materials, jewellery, metal vessels, and intricately-carved seals.

4. Figurehead (object) - Wikipedia

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   A large figurehead, being carved from massive wood and perched on the very foremost tip of the hull, adversely affected the sailing qualities of the ship. This, and cost considerations, led to figureheads being made dramatically smaller during the eighteenth century, and in some cases they were abolished altogether around 1800.

5. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   And the second was the "harmony by contrast" that was to use the colors that were opposite of one another on the color wheel. There was a favored tripartite wall that included a dado or wainscoting at the bottom, a field in the middle and a frieze or cornice at the top. This was popular into the 20th century.

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7. Ancient art - Wikipedia

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   In Greece and Rome, wall painting was not considered high art. The most prestigious form of art besides sculpture was panel painting, i.e. tempera or encaustic painting on wooden panels. Unfortunately, since wood is a perishable material, only a very few examples of such paintings have survived, namely the Severan Tondo from circa 200 AD, a ...