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The Madonna of Bruges is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo of the Virgin and Child. Michelangelo's depiction of the Madonna and Child differs significantly from earlier representations of the same subject, which tended to feature a pious Virgin smiling down on an infant held in her arms. Instead, Jesus stands upright, almost unsupported, only ...
Madonna and Child (Madonna of Bruges) 1501–1504 Church of Our Lady, Bruges: Marble height 128 cm David De Rohan (in Italian) 1502–1508 Lost: Bronze Saint Paul: 1503–1504 Cathedral, Siena: Marble Saint Peter: 1503–1504 Cathedral, Siena: Marble Saint Pius: 1503–1504 Cathedral, Siena: Marble Saint Gregory: 1503–1504 Cathedral, Siena ...
The Church of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Bruges, Belgium, dating mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.Its 115.6-metre-high (379 ft) tower remains the tallest structure in the city and the third tallest brickwork tower in the world (after St. Mary's Church in Lübeck and St. Martin's Church in Landshut, both in Germany).
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Image credits: JamesLucasIT Sculpture as an art form dates back to 32,000 years B.C. Back then, of course, small animal and human figures carved in bone, ivory, or stone counted as sculptures.
3 Europe. 4 North America. 5 South America. ... This is a list of replicas of Michelangelo's 1498–1499 statue, ... List of statues of Jesus;
Statue of Don Juan de Oñate called The Equestrian in El Paso, Texas - At 36 feet (11 m) tall, it is purported by the sculptor to be the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world. Statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas - At 66 feet (20 m) tall, it is the tallest statue of any American political figure.
Bruges, West Flanders: 2000 996; ii, iv, vi (cultural) Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the north-west of Belgium. Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as "The Venice of the North". Bruges is economically important thanks to its port. At one ...