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The Statue of Peace (Korean: 평화의 소녀상; RR: Pyeonghwaui sonyeosang; Japanese: 平和の少女像, Heiwano shōjo-zō), often shortened to Sonyeosang in Korean or Shōjo-zō in Japanese (literally "statue of girl") [1] and sometimes called the Comfort Woman Statue (慰安婦像, Ianfu-zō), [2] is a symbol of the victims of sexual slavery, known euphemistically as comfort women, by ...
Grant's Peace policy received a boost when Chief of the Oglala Sioux Red Cloud, Maȟpíya Lúta, and Brulé Sioux Spotted Tail, Siŋté Glešká, arrived in Washington D.C. and met Grant at the White House for a bountiful state dinner on May 7, 1870. Red Cloud, at a previous meeting with Secretary Cox and Commissioner Parker, complained that ...
Boadicea and Her Daughters is a bronze sculptural group in London representing Boudica, queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe, who led an uprising in Roman Britain.It is located to the north side of the western end of Westminster Bridge, near Portcullis House and Westminster Pier, facing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster across the road.
The Arts of War consists of two statue groups, Valor and Sacrifice. Both are in a style of Art Deco known as "Delayed Deco". [41] Facing Arlington Memorial Bridge from the District of Columbia, Valor is on the left and Sacrifice is on the right. Valor consists of a bearded, muscular male nude symbolic of Mars, the ancient Roman god of war. To ...
Back view of the buttocks of the David in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. There are no indications of contemporary responses to the David. However, the fact that the statue was placed in the main government building of the Republic of Florence in the 1490s indicates that it was not viewed as controversial.
The statue straddles the boundary between Brighton and Hove on Kingsway (named for Edward VII) facing Brunswick Terrace with its back to the sea. [1] [3] [4] It is a bronze statue standing on a globe atop a pedestal of Derbyshire granite. The statue takes the form of a draped, winged figure of Victory. Victory stands on a globe, also in bronze ...
The statue was sculpted by artist Franklin Simmons, whose other prominent works include the Peace Monument and statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. The architect of the statue base was Richard Morris Hunt, designer of prominent buildings including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and The Breakers in Newport, Rhode ...
Fountain of Peace in Nagasaki Peace Park with Peace Statue in the background. Every year, on 9 August, the anniversary of the atomic bombing, a Peace Memorial Ceremony is held in front of the statue and the Mayor of Nagasaki delivers a Peace Declaration to the World. [1] At the south end of the park is a "Fountain of Peace".