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  2. Thinker of Hamangia - Wikipedia

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    The Thinker figurine is made of fired clay and depicts a person seated with their chin resting on one hand, suggesting deep contemplation. The figurine is 4.5 inches (11 cm) tall. [ 8 ] This posture unmistakably conveys a meditative disposition, which led to its name, The Thinker , [ 9 ] drawing inspiration from Rodin 's renowned sculpture of a ...

  3. List of statues of Joseph Stalin - Wikipedia

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    A statue of Stalin stood at the town hall in Gori until it was taken down in June 2010. [2] [3] A Bust and a statue of Stalin was displayed in the Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori, but it was destroyed. A statue of Stalin is still displayed in the Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori. A silver statue of Stalin still exists in Shovi. [4]

  4. The Thinker - Wikipedia

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    The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin in a posture evocative of deep thought and contemplation. This universally recognized expression of ...

  5. Bathysphere - Wikipedia

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    The Bathysphere on display at the National Geographic museum in 2009. The Bathysphere (from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús) 'deep' and σφαῖρα (sphaîra) 'sphere') was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934.

  6. Pediments of the Parthenon - Wikipedia

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    The fixing systems (dowels and spikes) of the statues at the horizontal cornice were nearly the same in Athens and Olympia. However, for the heaviest (in the center), the Parthenon sculptors had to innovate. They were held by iron props that sank to one side in the plinth of the statue and the other deep in the horizontal cornice and tympanum ...

  7. Astaroth - Wikipedia

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    Astaroth illustration from the Dictionnaire Infernal (1818) Seal of Astaroth, as depicted in The Lesser Key of Solomon. Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot and Asteroth), in demonology, is known to be the Great Duke of Hell in the first hierarchy with Beelzebub and Lucifer; he is part of the evil trinity.

  8. List of colossal sculptures in situ - Wikipedia

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    A colossal statue is one that is more than twice life-size. [1] This is a list of colossal statues and other sculptures that were created, mostly or all carved, and remain in situ. This list includes two colossal stones that were intended to be moved.

  9. Deep drawing - Wikipedia

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    Example of deep drawn parts. Deep drawing is a sheet metal forming process in which a sheet metal blank is radially drawn into a forming die by the mechanical action of a punch. [1] It is thus a shape transformation process with material retention. The process is considered "deep" drawing when the depth of the drawn part exceeds its diameter.