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A stone sculpture is an object made of stone which has been shaped, usually by carving, or assembled to form a visually interesting three-dimensional shape. Stone is more durable than most alternative materials, making it especially important in architectural sculpture on the outside of buildings.
Double faced stone head, Castro Culture, today's Iberian peninsula The number three seems to have had a special significance to Roman-period Celts, both in Gaul and on the British Isles. [ 24 ] Three-headed figures are a common feature of Celtic art, especially of Gaulish origin, and according to the archaeologist Anne Ross had a religious ...
Gwion Gwion (Tassel) figures wearing ornate costumes. The Gwion Gwion rock paintings, Gwion figures, Kiro Kiro or Kujon (also known as the Bradshaw rock paintings, Bradshaw rock art, Bradshaw figures and the Bradshaws) are one of the two major regional traditions of rock art found in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Stone Carving: A How-To Demonstration, video; Stone Carver Interview, Gargoyles and the Gothic Style: An Interview with professional stone carver Walter S. Arnold, video; The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot art: stone sculpture, a fully digitized collection catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on stone ...
Three Standing Figures 1947 (LH 268) is a large stone sculpture by Henry Moore. It was made in 1947–48, and exhibited at London County Council's first Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition at Battersea Park in 1948. Donated to the council, it has been exhibited at the park since 1950. It became a Grade II listed building in 1988. [2]
Peter Randall-Page RA (born 1954) is a British artist and sculptor, known for his stone sculpture work, inspired by geometric patterns from nature. [1] In his words "geometry is the theme on which nature plays his infinite variations, fundamental mathematical principle become a kind of pattern book from which nature constructs the most complex and sophisticated structures".
Two Piece Sculpture No.10: Interlocking [469] 1968 Bronze L 91 LH 581 Image online [470] Two Piece Carving: Interlocking [471] 1968 White marble L 71.1 LH 583 Image online [472] Interlocking Two Piece Sculpture [473] 1970 White marble L 315 Roche, Basel LH 584 Image online [474] Maquette for Three Piece No.3: Vertebrae: 1968 Bronze L 19 LH 578
The Bardal rock carvings contains images from both of the rock carving traditions.. Scandinavian rock art comprise two categories. The first type dates to the Stone Age (in Norway from between 8000-1800 BCE), and usually depicts mammals such as elk, red deer and reindeer, but also brown bears, whales and porpoises.