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2. Frog Baby Fountain (Ball State University) - Wikipedia

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   Frog Baby Fountain is a statue set in the middle of a fountain on the Ball State University campus. It is known as a sign of good luck and is a popular meeting place. The Frog Baby statue was cast by Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons in 1937 and has been moved several times prior to becoming what it is known as today.

3. Outdoor sculpture in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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   There are many outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. In addition to the capital's most famous monuments and memorials , many figures recognized as national heroes (either in government or military) have been posthumously awarded with his or her own statue in a park or public square.

4. Conservation and restoration of outdoor bronze objects

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   According to Kipper, acid rain can be particularly harmful to bronze sculptures, because the main component is usually sulfides, or sulfuric acid, which can harm patinas and the bronze surfaces causing streaking to occur on the surface. [1] Many different effects can occur on a sculpture due to being in an outdoor environment.

5. Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens) - Wikipedia

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   The Adams Memorial is a grave marker for Marian Hooper Adams and Henry Adams located in Section E of Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The memorial features a cast bronze allegorical sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (which he called The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding, but which was often called in the newspapers "Grief").

6. Mississippian stone statuary - Wikipedia

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   The most well known statue from this region is the 47 centimeters (19 in) "Sandy" statue, the male half of a pair dug up in 1939 from the Sellars Mound in Wilson County, Tennessee. Now in the Frank H. McClung Museum in Knoxville , [ 23 ] it has been used on numerous book and magazine covers as well as on a U.S. postage stamp as part of the Art ...

7. Stone sculpture - Wikipedia

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   The copying of an original statue in stone, which was very important for Ancient Greek statues, which are nearly all known from copies, was traditionally achieved by "pointing", along with more freehand methods. Pointing involved setting up a grid of string squares on a wooden frame surrounding the original, and then measuring the position on ...