Many statues like those of Mujibur Rahman were defaced for political reasons. But targeting sculptures like that of Lady Justice lay bare the Islamists’ anti-statue agenda.
Besides Parthenon Sculptures, many other equally magnificent pieces of Greek art are displayed in various museums around the ...
King Louis XVIII of France placed this intriguing statue in the Louvre after it was presented to him in the 19th Century. Image caption, The Venus de Milo was found by a farmer on a Greek island ...
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (CN) — After French emperor Napolean Bonaparte stole an ancient Venus statue from Italy in 1802, a sculptor named Antonio Canova was commissioned to create a replacement. Renowned ...
A statue of Venus in the Houston show is even farther removed from her birthplace. Commissioned by the king of Baden-Württemberg to decorate a castle near Stuttgart, the white marble sculpture ...
Wonderful statues around the world are far more than those little snowmen and mermaids you made in your childhood. These extraordinary sculptures are the finest exhibition of architectural prowess ...
The company said Ghianda had tried to run an ad with a photo of the Venus, which it mistakenly banned before realising it was a statue. A spokesman for the company told Business Insider in a ...