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From a marble god stashed in a sewer to a mysterious ancient object whose use has been lost to time, ... The Polish composer, who died 175 years ago at age 39, has a new waltz attributed to him ...
Without any new episodes of And Just Like That to watch, there is only one option — take a forensic look at all the on-set paparazzi photos instead and impatiently use our collective ...
Lorenzo Bartolini, (Italian, 1777–1850), La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Marble sculpture. Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface before ...
Samson Slaying a Philistine is a marble sculpture created around 1562 by Giambologna, one of the most significant artists of the late Renaissance.Originally commissioned by Francesco de' Medici for a fountain in Florence, this sculpture was later gifted to Spain's Duke of Lerma and displayed in the gardens of the Palacio de la Ribera, Valladolid.
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
The gravestones recently replaced decaying wooden markers, under which the remains of 41 people from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia […] The post Migrants from Africa and Mideast who died ...
Roman funerary bust (AD 100–115) of a child slave named Martialis, who died just under the age of three (Digital image courtesy of Getty’s Open Content Program) Epitaphs often emphasize the relationship between the deceased and dedicant, with most relationships being familial (husbands and wives, parents and children, etc.).
Marilyn Monroe is iconic for her blonde curls, red lips, and perfect beauty mark, but the star was shockingly unrecognizable at the time of her death. According to the two morticians, who prepared ...