Walking tours of gargoyles and architectural details in New York City.

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The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum houses an extraordinary collection of more than 200 works that span the career of Marshall M. Fredericks (1908-1998). He is known in America and abroad for his monumental figurative sculpture, inspiring public memorials, exuberant fountains, insightful portraits and whimsical sculptures of animals.

The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland is a British Academy Research Project hosted by the Courtauld Institute of Art. It is a fully searchable text and image database application, the intention of which is record all extant Romanesque sculpture found in the British Isles ...

Indian monuments of the Buddhist Era such as cave temples, monasteries and stupas ...

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SheelaNaGig.org, A guide to Sheela Na Gig Carvings and Sheela Na Gigs in the UK ...

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Presents: TRIBUTE TO FOUR SCULPTORS FROM ZIMBABWE first part (1/3) John and Bernard Takawira, Brighton Sango and Henry Munyaradzi, who we present today, are all from Zimbabwe. These artists, who died over the last few years, have become the motor of a movement that Newsweek described in 1987, as perhaps the most important artistic movement that has arisen in Africa in the 20th century . This ...

The ancient reception of Pheidias' Athena Parthenos: the visual evidence in context Kenneth D.S. Lapatin, Boston University The Athenian sculptor, Pheidias, son of Charmides, was considered the greatest artist of classical antiquity. Greek and Latin authors lauded his skill as a maker of divine images, and, although a few sophisticated Romans of the second century after Christ might have claimed ...

HOME News | Forum | Information | Aerial Views | Photo Gallery | Emigrants' Newsletter | Fethard Phone Directory | Search Site Historical Society | Development Plan | Recommended Links | Add Your Link | Sign Guestbook | View Guestbook | Contact Us SHEELA NA GIG The Fethard Connection Up to the 9th January 1990, Fethard had four Sheela na gig in the locality, one at Watergate Street, one at the ...

Sheela na Gig, S la na Geige. Primary historical, etymological, and psychic research into these mysterious Celtic images. Traditional and original Sheela artwork, tales and links. Enter Sheela World (if She'll let you...) News from the front, ImbolcTide, 2000 I've done some major revisions to S la na Geige - Sheela na Gig and Sacred Space. The text is only changed in a few places, but I have ...

Gargoyles And Other Monsters in Norman And Gothic English Style Proseminar Images - English Art and Architecture Sommersemester 1999 Dr. Clarissa Steger Diese Hausarbeit wurde anl lich des oben genannten Seminars verfa t. Fur die Korrektheit der englischen Grammatik kann keine Garantie ubernommen werden. Auf jeden Fall wurde sie mit einer 1, 3 bewertet (wohl wegen der Grammatik...).

Historical information on gargoyles, grotesques and the Green Man. ...

The Green Man St. Helen's Church, Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire. A selection of Green Man roof bosses. All photographs by Peter Fairweather. St Peter's Church, Barton on Humber, North Lincolnshire. A Selection of Column Capitals This site is a work in progress. Last updated 13th April 2000. Please call back soon as it is being continually updated. Back to the Main Page. ...

The End of Europe's Middle Ages Visual Arts This chapter is composed of four sections: Introduction, Architecture, Sculpture and Painting. Please follow the link at the end of each section to read the entire chapter. Sculpture The rise of Gothic architecture also led to the development of a new style of sculpture. Cleared of the dense crowding and frantic movement of the Romanesque style, Early ...

The Tello Obelisk is a prismatic granite monolith from the archaeological site of Chav n de Huant r in north-central Peru. ...

Sheela-na-gigs by Jack Roberts (originally published at Lughnasa 1995) Sheela-na-Gigs are religious carvings of women, special women, the symbolical representation of femininity and/or actual female deities or Goddesses. They were placed on churches, castles and other important buildings of the medieval period and, until quite recently in some instances, they acted as dedicatory or protective ...

Gargoyles and Carvings This is a pictorial page with a small amount of text. These gargoyles and carvings were designed by Pugin. Many of his buildings both religious and secular were decorated by gargoyles inside and out. These stone creatures are situated at St. Augustine's, Ramsgate. Pugin adorned his buildings with stone faces and little statues as well as creatures. The middle gargoyle ...