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A "grandfather" is the largest marble, the size of a billiards ball or tennis ball. Various names for different marble types (regional playground talk, Leicester, UK): Marleys (marbles), prit (white marble), Kong (large marble), King Kong (larger than a bosser), steely (metal bearing-ball). Names can be combined: e.g. prit-Kong (large white ...
The white marble original of this statue, which was installed on the north side of Independence Hall, was dedicated on July 2, 1869, by mayor Daniel M. Fox. [2] It is now located in Conversation Hall, Philadelphia City Hall. [3] A bronze replica replaced the original.
The marble laid outside, exposed to the elements for 26-years before a 26-year-old Michaelangelo won the contract. He began on September 13th, 1501 and spent the next two years of his life carving ...
The walls are made up from white marble from Rajasthan encrusted with semi-precious stone decorations: cornelian, jasper, lapis lazuli, onyx and topaz [citation needed] formed into images of cypress trees and wine bottles, or more elaborate decorations like cut fruit or vases containing bouquets.
Borglum made the original bust directly from Alabama marble without a prior plaster model, based on photographs and an 1860 life mask of Lincoln's face made by Leonard Volk. The likeness was praised by Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln in 1908: "I think it is the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen."
David is a marble statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello.One of his early works (1408–1409), it was originally commissioned by the Operai del Duomo, the Overseers of the Office of Works, for the Florence Cathedral and was his most important commission up to that point.
Ugolino and His Sons is a marble sculpture of Ugolino made by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux in Paris during the 1860s. It depicts the story of Ugolino from Dante's Inferno in which the 13th century count is imprisoned and starving with his children. The work, known for its expressive detail, launched Carpeaux's career. [1]
JIM WATSON - Getty Images Donald and Ivana's only daughter, Ivanka Trump (b. 1981), took on an active role in the White House during her father's first term, serving as a Senior Adviser to the ...