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  • 21Art of the Indo-Greeks — The art of the Indo Greeks is poorly documented, and few works of art (apart from their coins and a few stone palettes) are directly attributed to them. The coinage of the Indo Greeks however is generally considered as some of the most… …

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  • 22Zeus — For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). Zeus …

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  • 23Pietà (Michelangelo) — This article is about the earliest and best known Pietà by Michelangelo. For three related sculptures see the Florentine Pietà or The Deposition (Michelangelo), the Rondanini Pietà, and the Palestrina Pietà. Pietà Artist …

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  • 24W. J. Coffee — William John Coffee (1774 ndash;1846) was an internationally renowned English artist and sculptor who worked in porcelain, plaster, and terra cotta. He also worked in oil paint, although this was not the medium for which he became famous. His… …

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  • 25Praxiteles — Praxitelean, adj. /prak sit l eez /, n. fl. c350 B.C., Greek sculptor. * * * flourished с 370–330 BC, Greece Greek sculptor. His only known surviving work, the marble Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus, displays delicate modeling and exquisite… …

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  • 26Alfred A. Foucher — Alfred Foucher (1865 1952), a French scholar, identified the Buddha image as having Greek origins.He made his first trip to northeastern India in 1895. In 1922 he was asked by the governments of France and Afghanistan to organize an archeological …

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  • 27Theatre of Pompey — Ancient monuments in Rome name=Theatre of Pompey label name=Theatre of Pompey tekst1=Theatre of Pompey label x=0.17 label y=0.37 location= Regione IX Circus Flaminius date=55 BC builder=Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus type=Roman theatre (structure)|The… …

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  • 28Pliny the Elder — Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, (AD 23 – August 25, AD 79), better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, naturalist or natural philosopher and naval and military commander of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia . He is known… …

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  • 29Colonia San Rafael — Former mansion on Velazquez de Leon Street Colonia San Rafael is a colonia of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, just west of the historic city center. It was established in the late 19th century as one of the first formal neighborhoods… …

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  • 30metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… …

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