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  2. 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 ...

  3. David (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune (U.S. Capitol) - Wikipedia

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    The statue is made of Italian Carrara marble and was carved by Nilda M. Comas in Pietrasanta, Italy. [1] The marble came from the same Tuscan quarry used by Michelangelo to carve David. [ 7 ] The completed statue weighs 3 tons and measures 11 feet tall, including the base.

  5. 30 Surreal Details On Sculptures That Left People In Awe - AOL

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    Today, we associate white marble sculptures with Ancient Roman, Greek, and Renaissance art, but some of the statues in this list are even from the 19th century.

  6. Marble Sculpture Bought for $6 and Used as Doorstop Could ...

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    A marble sculpture bought for $6 and used as a doorstep could be about to make a fortune. ... USA TODAY. Jay-Z, Beyoncé present a united front with Blue Ivy at 'Mufasa' premiere amid lawsuit.

  7. David (Bernini) - Wikipedia

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    David is a life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sculpture was one of many commissions to decorate the villa of Bernini's patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese – where it still resides today, as part of the Galleria Borghese. It was completed in the course of eight months from 1623 to 1624.

  8. David (Donatello, marble) - Wikipedia

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    David is a marble statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello.One of his early works (1408–1409), it was originally commissioned by the Operai del Duomo, the Overseers of the Office of Works, for the Florence Cathedral and was his most important commission up to that point.

  9. Apollo Omphalos (Athens) - Wikipedia

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    The Apollo Omphalos (Ancient Greek: Ἀπόλλων ἐπὶ τοῦ Ὀμφαλού) is an ancient Roman marble copy of a Greek original bronze sculpture in typical early Archaic period style, depicting Apollo, the Greek god of music, medicine, and prophecy. Today it is housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, in Greece. The ...

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