... so graciously and drastically since the dawn of its art, science, and some might even claim necessity. There is just something magical about taking a plain marble slab or block, and finding the form and figure within. Not only is one able to perceive a tangible and recognizable form, they are able to ... spend years unearthing that figure, carefully and minutely scraping and chiseling away at pounds and pounds of solid stone until the life within the white is entirely realized by the artist, seen by the masses, and left as a standing marker of its time. Such a prestigious art that swaye...

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... is also cracks and chips taken from the piece because over time it deteriorated. This was made in 580 B.C.E. This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. The rigid stance with the left leg forward and the marks at the side, was derived form Egyptian ... for funerals, kouroi were expensive things, and only the wealthy could have enough money for them. They can be made out of terra-cotta, white marble, and wood. These were basically life-size or maybe larger sculptures. They were striding or standing and were to be brightly painted and sometimes had ... i...

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... , one monument came directly to my attention. The monument card read La Premiere Pose, Howard Roberts, (American 1843-1900), 1873-1876, Marble. It faces a northern wall and is placed on top of a large wooden stand. The sculpture itself is completely white marble and is exactly fifty-one and a quarter inches in size. It is lit in a manner that makes it seem as if ... ...

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... or Aphrodite was believed to be from Kronos cutting off his father's body parts. Then he tossed the parts into the sea. The immortal flesh eventually formed into a circle of white foam which created Aphrodite. Her name actually means foam born. Many of the Greek sculptures have not survived, so Roman copies were made to allow them to be studied. In ... Aphrodite stands with her weight on her right leg, with the left leg slightly bent. It wears a drapery that does not cover the whole body. The statue was made of marble. There were many different types of art work ranging from Gothic pain...

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... it, something that will leave us speechless when we think about it, something like a piece of art. A picture or a sculpture. And even though it might be a red dot on the white background, that is called masterpiece and costs way more than a fur coat, or an ameba looking woman, or a man, sometime it is hard to tell who is who, it is ... sculpture, almost weightless, like it is going to begin to breathe soon. By looking at the sculpture, you can hardly tell that it is made of such heavy material as marble. The two statues, Kritos boy and Hermes don't seem to be comparable, or it doesn't l...

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