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Klinger's monument design from 1911 (postcard from around 1913) The old memorial staircase (1913) The memorial pedestal in Klingerhain (around 1930) The first efforts to erect a Wagner monument in Leipzig date back to 1883. For his 70th birthday, three months after his death, a committee collected donations and considered locations for a memorial.
The Horses (also known as the Wild Horse Monument) is a public art sculpture created by David Govedare in 1989–1990 and situated near Vantage, Washington. It consists of 15 life-size steel horses which appear to be galloping across a ridge above the Columbia River. Presented as a gift for the centenary of Washington's statehood, the sculpture ...
This is a list of types of funerary monument, a physical structure that commemorates a deceased person or a group, in the latter case usually those whose deaths occurred at the same time or in similar circumstances. It differs from a basic tomb or cemetery in that while it may or may not contain the body of the deceased, its primary purpose is ...
A concrete replica of the monument was supposedly donated to the town of Bacoor, Cavite, where Fr. Gomes last assigned as parish priest [9] and in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, where Fr. Burgos was born. [10] The bronze monument was funded by public donation and was completed in time for the Gomburza centennial in 1972.
Orpheus's design is an example of the neoclassical sculpture designs that were popular during the time of its creation. [1] On the base of the monument, which has a diameter of 30 feet (9.1 m), [ 8 ] is a medallion honoring Key, [ 2 ] [ 5 ] who is depicted in profile. [ 1 ]
Johnson married an English woman, Mary (or Marie), and had a family of five sons and a daughter. Two of the sons, Nicholas and Gerard, became sculptors and continued their father's monument business. Johnson's workshop became a major monument supplier. In 1593 his workshop employed four journeymen and an apprentice, as well as an English assistant.
The monument consists of a marble column placed on a tall granite base and topped by a statue of Victoria. It stands approximately 19 metres tall and measures 3.377 x 3.77 metres at the base. The base. Four bronze reliefs on the base of the monument, one on each side, feature Huitfeldt's portrait, his coat of arms, his ship and a short text.
Thorfinn Karlsefni is a bronze statue of Norse explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni, created by Icelandic sculptor Einar Jónsson.The first casting was located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, United States, before being toppled by vandals in 2018.