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Meet the Man Building Statues for Donald Trump
The imposing statue—Seven feet and 680 pounds of gold-painted bronze atop a granite pedestal—depicts Trump holding a Make America Great Again hat, with his fist raised in the now-infamous ...
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I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right
In June 2020, protesters in Richmond used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, splashed paint on its surface and slung a toilet paper noose around its neck.
Dwyane Wade shows his bronze mettle over Heat statue, now fully in on the response
This week, on a podcast, Dwyane Wade offered additional details on why his Kaseya Center statue lacks a definitive facial likeness and why location also made a difference.
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Painting the town: The story behind Athens’ iconic bulldog statues
Vibrant colors swirl on fiberglass material to create one of Athens’ most recognizable art installations: a series of bulldog ...
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A Study Reveals That Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Painted and Adorned with Textiles and Jewelry but Also Perfumed
A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology has revealed a little-explored aspect of ancient art: the use of perfumes and aromatic substances in Greco-Roman sculptures. This research ...
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No need for red paint: Taiwan finds a fix to historical statue problem
But the park is more of a statue graveyard. Some 200 bronze Chiangs have been deposited in its grounds with little fanfare since the late 1990s, many of them donated by schools and governments ...