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The crypt, where some family members are buried, did not satisfy the clients' wishes for splendor and celebration. Not even for Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano de' Medici had a worthy burial been prepared. There was a need to create a new environment as a resting place for the two "dukes" (or "captains") and the two "magnificents". [2]
The popularly named "Tomb of the Julii" (Mausoleum "M") survives in the Vatican Necropolis beneath St. Peter's Basilica.The serendipitous discovery near the crypt has a vaulted ceiling bearing a mosaic depicting a solar deity with an aureole riding in his chariot, [1] within a framing of rinceaux of vine leaves.
Several sculptors have created multiple statues for the collection, the most prolific being Charles Henry Niehaus who sculpted eight statues currently and formerly in the collection. The US states that sent the statues, not Congress nor the Architect of the Capitol, are authorized to remove them. Kansas was the first state to replace a statue ...
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun (Korean: 금수산태양궁전), formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace (금수산기념궁전), is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il Sung, first Supreme Leader and founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong Il, whose preserved bodies have been displayed publicly since their deaths in 1994 ...
The statue of Victory in hand symbolizes the responsibility of the region where Rome is located to preserve and protect the Unity of Italy with so many sacrifices achieved in the Risorgimento: Adolfo Pantaresi: bordo: Abruzzi e Molise [note 7] The statue represents the two current regions of Abruzzi and Molise. She is dressed in lion skin that ...
Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia.
The waters at Dendera were sacred and were often used to bless the inscriptions on statues so that they could cure diseases. Mammisi of Nectanebo II; Basilica; Roman Mammisi; a Barque shrine (Def.: Boat; French, “barque”/ Late Latin “barca”) Used as a resting place for the statues of the gods when outside of the temple during festivals
Egyptian sun temples were ancient Egyptian temples to the sun god Ra. The term has come to mostly designate the temples built by six or seven pharaohs of the Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. [1] However, sun temples would make a reappearance a thousand years later under Akhenaten in the New Kingdom with his building of the Karnak ...