langs: 12 апреля [ru] / april 12 [en] / 12. april [de] / 12 avril [fr] / 12 aprile [it] / 12 de abril [es]
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#1 Wesley Wehr
Wesley Conrad Wehr (April 17, 1929 – April 12, 2004) was an American paleontologist and artist best known for his studies of Cenozoic fossil floras in western North America, the Stonerose Interpretive Center , and as a part of the Northwest School of art . Wehr published two books with University of
#2 Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions . Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He
George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E. ), was an Irish writer , editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist . He was also a writer on mysticism , and a central figure in the group of devotees of theosophy which met in
Robert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) was an American songwriter, best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M. Sherman . The Sherman brothers produced more motion picture song scores than any other songwriting team in film history. [1] Some of their so
Guillermina Dulché is a Mexican painter, whose work has been recognized with membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana . Dulché was born in Silao , Guanajuato and spent most of her childhood there. She took her first drawing and painting classes there with a local teacher, but when she was thi
Ambrogio Frangiolli ( Milan , 1798–1870) was an Italian decorator, architect and painter. Italian decorator, architect and painter This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( June 2022 ) Ambrogi
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky ( UK : / ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ k ɒ f s k i / , [1] US : / ˌ m ɑː j ə ˈ k ɔː f s k i / ; [2] Russian : Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский , IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj] ( listen ) ; 19 July [ O.S. 7 July ] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian and Sov
Damià Campeny i Estrany (12 April 1771, Mataró - 17 July 1855, Barcelona ) was a Spanish sculptor in the Classical style. [1] Spanish sculptor In this Catalan name , the first or paternal surname is Campeny and the second or maternal family name is Estrany ; both are generally joined by the conjunct
Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk (2 January 1923, Lublin , Poland - 12 April 1975, Örebro , Sweden ) was a Polish-born Swedish painter, drawer and sculptor. Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk, 1974 Born Wojciech Stanisław Szewczyk ( 1923-01-02 ) 2 January 1923 Lublin , Poland Died 12 April 1975 (1975-
#10 Sonya Clark
Sonya Clark (born 1967, Washington, D.C.) is an American artist of Afro-Caribbean heritage. Clark is a fiber artist known for using a variety of materials including human hair and combs to address race, culture, class, and history. [1] Her beaded headdress assemblages and braided wig series of the l
Pierre Richard-Willm (3 November 1895 – 12 April 1983) was a French stage and film actor during the 1930s and 1940s. [1] [2] French actor Pierre Richard-Willm Pierre Richard-Willm in 1941. Born Alexandre-Pierre Richard ( 1895-11-03 ) 3 November 1895 Bayonne Died 12 April 1983 (1983-04-12) (aged 87
Robert Winthrop Chanler (February 22, 1872 – October 24, 1930) was an American artist and member of the Astor and Dudley–Winthrop families. [1] A designer and muralist , Chanler received much of his art training in France at the École des Beaux-Arts , and there his most famous work, titled Giraffes
#13 Ida Pollock
Ida Julia Pollock ( née Crowe; [1] 12 April 1908–3 December 2013), was a British writer of several short-stories and over 125 romance novels that were published under her married name, Ida Pollock , and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen ; Susan Barrie , Pamela Kent , Averil Ives
#14 Roxy Paine
Roxy Paine (born 1966, [1] New York City ) is an American painter and sculptor widely known for his installations that often convey elements of conflict between the natural world and the artificial plains man creates. He was educated at both the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art an
#15 Gladys Nilsson
Gladys M. Nilsson (born May 6, 1940) is an American artist, one of the original Hairy Who Chicago Imagists , a group of representational artists active during the 1960s and 1970s. She is married to fellow-artist and Hairy Who member Jim Nutt . [1] American painter This article has multiple issues. P
#16 William Strang
William Strang RA (13 February 1859 – 12 April 1921) was a Scottish painter and printmaker, notable for illustrating the works of Bunyan , Coleridge and Kipling . British artist and printmaker (1859–1921) For other people named William Strang, see William Strang (disambiguation) . William Strang RA
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs (1937–2001) was a Cuban poster artist and comics artist . He was born on April 12, 1937, in Valencia, Spain , but moved to Cuba with his parents in 1941. In 1960, with no formal training in graphic design , he made the first poster for the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cin
#18 Wilfried Sätty
Wilfried Sätty ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlfʁiːt ˈzɛti] ; born Wilfried Podriech ; April 12, 1939 – January 31, 1982) was a German graphic artist best known for his black and white collage art. Sätty Born Wilfried Podriech ( 1939-04-12 ) April 12, 1939 Bremen, Germany Died January 31, 1982 (1982-01
Arthur van Langenberg MBE (12 April 1909 – September 1970) was a Sri Lankan public servant, painter and actor. He is considered one the important Sri Lanka artists of the Colombo '43 Group of the 20th century. [1] [2] Sri Lankan public servant, painter and actor Arthur van Langenberg MBE Born ( 19
Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne (1628–1702) was a Dutch Mennonite painter, linen-weaver, and writer. Dutch painter Vincent van der Vinne Portrait by Frans Hals ca 1655 Born Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne ( 1628-10-11 ) 11 October 1628 Haarlem Died 26 July 1702 (1702-07-26) (aged 73) Nationality Ned
Christine Abrahams Gallery, first named Axiom, was a Melbourne gallery showing contemporary Australian art between 1980 and 2008. Australian Art Gallery
Castlemaine Art Museum is an Australian art gallery and museum in Castlemaine, Victoria in the Shire of Mount Alexander . It was founded in 1913. It is housed in a 1931 Art Deco building constructed for the purpose, heritage-listed by the National Trust. [1] Its collection concentrates on Australian
#3 Smack Mellon
Smack Mellon is a non-profit arts organization located at 92 Plymouth Street, in Dumbo, Brooklyn . Smack Mellon supports emerging, under-recognized mid-career, and women artists through a highly regarded exhibition program, competitive studio residency, and technical support to realize new and ambit
#4 Remai Modern
Remai Modern is a public art museum in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada. The art museum is situated along the west bank of the South Saskatchewan River , at the River Landing development in Saskatoon's Central Business District . The museum's 11,582 square metres (124,670 sq ft) building was de
The Foundation E. G. Bührle Collection ( Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bührle ) is an art museum in Zürich , Switzerland . It was established by the Bührle family to make Emil Georg Bührle's collection of European sculptures and paintings available to the public. The museum is in a villa adjoining Bührle'
#6 Bondi Beach Cultural Landscape
The Bondi Beach Cultural Landscape is a heritage-listed former Turkish baths , pavilion with dressing cubicles, dining rooms, sunbaking , shops and ballroom and now art gallery, pavilion, theatre and open air cinema located at Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach , Waverley Municipality , Sydney , New
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
#8 Old Police Station, The Rocks
The Old Police Station, The Rocks is a heritage-listed former police station and now home to Sergeant Lok , a Modern Asian restaurant and bar, that is located at 127-129 George Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales , Austra
The New Gallery (TNG) is a non-commercial artist-run centre that presents and promotes contemporary art in Calgary , Alberta, Canada. The New Gallery Entrance TNG is a not-for-profit arts organization and does not sell art. Instead, it provides a venue for artists producing new work that may be expe
#10 Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier)
The Galerie d'Art Contemporain Mohamed Drissi , formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art or Musée d' Art Contemporain , is a museum in Tangier , Morocco , housed in the building of the former British consulate near the Church of St. Andrew . [1] The museum opened in 1986. [2] After a redevelopment in
#11 Ronchini Gallery
Ronchini Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Lorenzo Ronchini in Umbria , Italy , in 1992. The gallery's first exhibition was a solo show of Italian Neo-Futurist artist Marco Lodola. Other artists exhibited at the gallery included Mario Schifano , Alighiero Boetti , Piero Gilardi , Paol
#12 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art ( MASS MoCA ) is a museum in a converted Arnold Print Works factory building complex located in North Adams , Massachusetts . It is one of the largest centers for contemporary visual art and performing arts in the United States. Museum in North Adams, Mas
The Renaissance Society , founded in 1915, is a leading independent contemporary art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago , with a focus on the commissioning and production of new works by international artists. The kunsthalle-style institution typically presents four exhibition
The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz , Vorarlberg ( Austria ). Contemporary art museum in Austria This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2011 ) Kunsthaus Bregenz Kunsthaus Bregenz Established 1990–1997 Locat
Pinacotheca was a gallery in Melbourne , Australia. Established in 1967 by Bruce Pollard, it was ideologically committed to the avant-garde and represented a new generation of artists interested in post-object, conceptual [1] and other non-traditional art forms. [2] Art gallery located in Melbourne,
#16 Museum of the African Diaspora
The Museum of the African Diaspora ( MoAD ) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco , California . MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora , one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States. Located at 685 Mission St. adjacent to the St. Regis
#17 Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and garden of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss (1875–1962) and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss (1879–1969). The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection was founded here by the Bli
#18 Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery
Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery ( Ukrainian : Львівська Національна Галерея Мистецтв імені Бориса Возницького ) is the largest art museum in Ukraine, with over 62,000 artworks in its collection, including works of Ukrainian, Polish, Italian, French, German, Dutch and Flemish, Spanish, Aust
The Museum of Vera Mukhina is a historical and art museum in Feodosiya , Crimea , dedicated to the childhood, youth and artwork of sculptor Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina . Historical and Art museum in Crimea, Russia Museum of Vera Mukhina Museum of Sculptor Мukhina V.I. Established April 12, 1985 [1] Loca
#20 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists or RBSA is an art society , based in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham , England , where it owns and operates an art gallery , the RBSA Gallery, on Brook Street, just off St Paul's Square . It is both a registered charity , [1] [2] and a registered company (
Saskia with a Flower is a 1641 oil on canvas portrait by Rembrandt of his wife Saskia van Uylenburgh , now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. [1] It is also known as Saskia with a Red Flower , Saskia with a Carnation or Saskia as Flora . In 1741 it was owned by the Dutch nobleman Gerard
Our Lady of the Porta Vaga (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga , Filipino : Birhen ng Porta Vaga ) is a Roman Catholic Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated Marian painting. Marian apparition Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga Original image decorated w
The Lansdowne portrait is an iconic life-size portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. It depicts the 64-year-old President of the United States during his final year in office. The portrait was a gift to former British Prime Minister William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne
#4 Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
The unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt is a watercolor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt , President of the United States , by Elizabeth Shoumatoff . Shoumatoff was commissioned to paint a portrait of President Roosevelt and started her work around noon on April 12, 1945. At lunch, Roosevelt co
Willie Gillis, Jr. (more commonly simply Willie Gillis ) is a fictional character created by Norman Rockwell for a series of World War II paintings that appeared on the covers of 11 issues of The Saturday Evening Post between 1941 and 1946. [1] Gillis was an everyman with the rank of private [2] who
#6 The Raising of Lazarus (Sebastiano del Piombo)
The Raising of Lazarus is a large altarpiece of 1517–1519 by the Italian High Renaissance artist Sebastiano del Piombo , for which Michelangelo supplied drawings for some figures. Intended for Narbonne Cathedral in France, it is now normally in Room 18 of the National Gallery in London, where it is
#7 Summer's Day
Summer's Day (or Jour d'eté ) is a painting by the French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot . The painting depicts two women seated in a row boat, and was painted in the Bois de Boulogne . [1] Painting by Berthe Morisot Summer's Day Artist Berthe Morisot Year 1879 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions
Harry Peckham (1740 [2] – 10 January 1787) was a King's Counsel , [3] judge and sportsman who toured Europe and wrote a series of letters which are still being published over 200 years later. Peckham was a member of the committee that drew up early laws of cricket [4] including the first inclusion o
#9 Stay Up Late
Stay Up Late is a 1992 erotic furry watercolor painting by Brian Swords. The painting depicts two nude anthropomorphic white rats embracing on a bed, with a bottle of K-Y Jelly and a used ashtray behind them. [1] It was originally sold in a 1992 TV art auction on WITF , a public station in central P
#10 History of San Francisco (Refregier murals)
In 1941, Anton Refregier won the $26,000 commission for the series History of San Francisco , which are a set of 27 murals painted in the lobby of the Rincon Annex Post Office in San Francisco , California. Refregier painted the mural with casein tempera on white gesso over plaster walls, in the soc
#11 Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople
The Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople ( Entrée des Croisés à Constantinople ) or The Crusaders Entering Constantinople is a large painting by Eugène Delacroix . It was commissioned by Louis-Philippe in 1838, and completed in 1840. Painted in oil on canvas , it is in the collection of the Musé
The Massacre at Chios ( French : Scène des massacres de Scio ) is the second major oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix . [A] The work is more than four meters tall, and shows some of the horror of the wartime destruction visited on the Island of Chios in the Chios massacre . A frieze
#13 List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings . The current record price is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi in November 2017. [1] [2] Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) is the most ex
Sant'Apollonia Altarpiece is a 1761 oil on canvas painting by Pietro Scalvini , still on its original site on a side altar in the church of San Giuseppe in Brescia. [1] Its central figures are Saint Apollonia adoring the Madonna and Child, with Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Lucy at lower left an
Many valuable paintings have been stolen . The paintings listed are from masters of Western art which are valued in millions of U.S. dollars . See also: List of most expensive paintings
"To you, humanity!" ( Azerbaijani : Sənə, bəşəriyyət! ) is a panel painting by the Azerbaijani painter Tahir Salahov , painted in 1961. [1] It is kept in the National Museum of Arts , Baku . [2] This painting is considered one of the most famous works of the artist. [3] 1961 painting by Tahir Salaho
Michael Bird (born 12 April 1958) is a British author and art historian. He was born in London and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School and Merton College, Oxford . After teaching at Sherborne School he worked in publishing, including a stint on the editorial team of the Macmillan Dictionary of A
#2 Cecil Curle
Cecil Louisa Curle FSA FSA Scot (1901-12 April 1987) was a Scottish archaeologist and art historian. [1] Scottish archaeologist and art-historian This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . ( May 2021 ) Cecil L. Curle FSA FSA Scot Born Cecil Louisa Mowbray 1901 Died ( 1987-04-12 ) A
Elena Ochoa, Baroness Foster of Thames Bank (born Elena Fernández-Ferreiro López de Ochoa ; 1958) is a Spanish publisher and art curator, and formerly a professor of psychopathology. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Ivorypress . Spanish publisher and art curator, and former professo
Michael Martin Fried (born April 12, 1939 in New York City ) is a modernist art critic and art historian . He studied at Princeton University and Harvard University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford . [1] He is the J.R. Herbert Boone Professor Emeritus of Humanities and Art History
Helen Gee (1919–2004) was an American photography gallery owner, co-owner of the Limelight in New York City, New York from 1954 to 1961. [1] [2] It was New York City's first important post-war photography gallery, pioneering sales of photographs as art. Helen Gee Born ( 1919-04-29 ) April 29, 1919 J
Staale Sinding-Larsen (born 12 April 1929) is a Norwegian art historian. Norwegian art historian He was born in Oslo . He took the dr.philos. degree in 1975 with the doctoral thesis Christ in the Council Hall. Studies in the Religious Iconography of the Venetian Republic . After one year as guest sc
Vlastimir Kusik ( Osijek , 1953. – Osijek , 2018.), was a Croatian art historian , art critic and long-term curator of Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek . [1] Croatian art historian This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2021 ) Vlastimir Kusik Vlastimir Kusik and Bruno Zevi (
Charles "Charlie" Child Eldredge (born April 12, 1944 in Boston ) is an American art historian , educator , and curator . Eldredge is the Hall Distinguished Professor of American Art and Culture Emeritus at the University of Kansas . He also served as Director of the Spencer Museum of Art and the Sm
Nikolay Petrovich Likhachyov ( Russian : Николай Петрович Лихачёв ), alternatively transliterated as Likhachev (12 April 1862 – 14 April 1936) was the first and foremost Russian sigillographer (that is, an expert on seals ) who also contributed significantly to an array of auxiliary historical disci
#10 Carlotta Nobile
Carlotta Nobile (Rome, 20 December 1988 – Benevento , 16 July 2013) was an Italian art historian , violinist, writer, blogger, and artistic director of Santa Sophia Academy chamber orchestra in Benevento from September 2010 up to her death. Polyhedral (having many sides) personality of artist and sc
#11 Alfred Moir
Alfred Moir (14 April 1924—13 November 2010) was an art historian, collector and author of numerous books on baroque art. American art historian Alfred Moir Born ( 1924-04-12 ) April 12, 1924 Minneapolis , Minnesota Died November 13, 2010 (2010-11-13) (aged 86) Santa Barbara, California Nationalit
Waldemar Cordeiro (April 12, 1924 – June 30, 1973) was an Italian-born Brazilian art critic and artist. He worked as a computer artist in the early days of computer art and was a pioneer of the concrete art movement in Latin America. [1] [2] : 39 Brazilian sculptor and theorist Waldemar Cordeiro
#13 Natalie Kampen
Natalie Kampen (February 1, 1944 – August 12, 2012) was an American art historian and women's studies professor. [1] American art historian Natalie Kampen Born Natalie Boymel ( 1944-02-01 ) February 1, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12) (aged 68) Wakefield, Rhode Isl
Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești ( Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru boɡˈdan piˈteʃtʲ] ; born Alexandru Bogdan , also known as Ion Doican , Ion Duican and Al. Dodan ; June 13, 1870 – May 12, 1922) was a Romanian Symbolist poet, essayist, and art and literary critic, who was also known as a journalist a
Santiago Albano Pilar (15 October 1946 – 12 April 2021) more popularly known as Jak Pilar , was a Filipino art historian, curator, and author. He was best known for chronicling Philippine art centered on the 19th and the 20th century in numerous publications in both the Philippines and overseas. [1]
#16 J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) [1] was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age . As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co. , he was the driving force beh
#17 T. J. Clark (art historian)
Timothy James "T. J." Clark (born 12 April 1943) is a British art historian and writer. He taught art history in a number of universities in England and the United States, including Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley . British art historian and writer T. J. Clark Born Timothy James C
Zoltán Felvinczi Takács (April 7, 1880 – April 12, 1964) was a Hungarian art historian. His research interests include the paintings of Albrecht Dürer , Oriental art, and art criticism. Hungarian art historian (1880-1964) Zoltán Felvinczi Takács Zoltán Felvinczi Takács 1922 Born ( 1880-04-07 ) April
#19 William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech , KG , GCMG , PC (11 April 1885 – 14 February 1964), was a British Conservative politician and banker. [1] British peer, politician and honorary military colonel The Right Honourable The Lord Harlech KG GCMG PC Secretary of State for the Colonies
Ernst August Hagen (12 April 1797 - 15 February 1880) was a Prussian writer on art and novelist. He taught at Königsberg University and was the first Prussian scholar to hold a teaching chair in Art history and Aesthetics . [1] [2] Ernst August Hagen Ernst August Hagen from an engraving by his siste
#1 Smugglerius
Smugglerius is an écorché sculpture of a man posed in imitation of the ancient Roman sculpture known as the Dying Gaul . The original bronze cast was made in 1776 by Agostino Carlini for William Hunter , first Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy Schools , from the body of a muscular criminal,
#2 African American Civil War Memorial Museum
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum , in the U Street district of Washington, D.C. , recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation
#3 Pittsburgh Law Enforcement Memorial
The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial of Allegheny County is a monument to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 's law enforcement community in honor of fallen officers of both the Pittsburgh Police and suburban departments. The original was dedicated in September 1996 near the Carnegie Science Center but
Monument to Yuri Gagarin is a 42.5-meter high pedestal and statue of Yuri Gagarin , the first person to travel in space. It is located at Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow . The pedestal is designed to be reminiscent of a rocket exhaust. [1] The statue is made of titanium , a metal often used in spacecraf
Chain Reaction is a peace monument and public art sculpture composed of a metal framework of stainless steel and fiberglass surrounded by concrete, depicting a mushroom cloud created by a nuclear explosion . Designed by American editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and built by Peter M. Carlson, the 5.5
#6 List of tallest statues in the Philippines
This list of tallest statues in the Philippines includes free-standing, completed statues in the Philippines that are at least 5 meters (16 feet) tall. The height of these statues are measured from the top of its base/pedestal up to its maximum height (including monuments with spires or obelisks). T
The Monument to Cuauhtémoc is an 1887 monument dedicated to the last Mexica ruler ( tlatoani ) of Tenochtitlan Cuauhtémoc , located at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City . It is the work of Francisco Jiménez and Miguel Noreña in the "neoindigenismo"
#8 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington D.C. , dedicated to the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt , the 32nd President of the United States , and to the era he represents. The memorial is the second of two that have been constructed in Washington to commemor
#9 Great Polish Map of Scotland
The Great Polish Map of Scotland is a large (50 m x 40 m) three-dimensional, outdoor concrete scale model of Scotland , located in the grounds of the Barony Castle Hotel , outside the village of Eddleston near Peebles in the Scottish Borders . [1] It is also known as the Mapa Scotland (derived f
#10 Bigelow Monument
The Bigelow Monument is a public monument in Worcester , Massachusetts , United States . The monument, located in a small cemetery at the center of Worcester Common , [1] honors Timothy Bigelow , a Patriot during the American Revolutionary War . The monument was dedicated on April 19, 1861, the 86th
The Mahnmal Bittermark is a memorial place in Bittermark [ de ] , a borough in the city of Dortmund , Germany . [1] Mahnmal Bittermark Mahnmal Bittermark, September 2006 Location in North Rhine-Westphalia Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia Mahnmal Bittermark (Germany) Show map of Germany Coordinat
The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community and the issues that affect their lives. [1] In addition to film and television, the Awa
#13 Monument to the Conquerors of Space
The Monument to the Conquerors of Space ( Russian : Монуме́нт «Покори́телям ко́смоса» , tr. Monumént "Pokorítelyam kósmosa" , IPA: [mənʊˈmʲent pəkɐrʲˈitʲɪlʲɪm ˈkosməsə] ) is a giant obelisk erected in Moscow in 1964 to celebrate achievements of the Soviet people in space exploration. It depicts a
Timiryazev monument ( Russian : Памятник Клименту Тимирязеву; Transliteration : Pamyatnik Klimentu Timiryazevu ) is a monumental sculpture in Moscow of the scientist Kliment Timiryazev . The statue was made by renowned Soviet sculptor Sergey Merkurov . It was installed in 1923 at the end of Tverskoy
The Christ of the Mercy is a colossal statue of Jesus Christ in the city of San Juan del Sur , Nicaragua , to a height of 134m above sea level . The statue is located high above the northernmost seawall in the bay of San Juan. At the foot of the statue is a small chapel. Information: Inside the ch
#16 List of monuments and memorials removed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine [1] a number of Soviet-era monuments and memorials associated, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This occurred mainly in former Eastern Bloc countries , but also in several other countries. [2] The Bronze Soldier of Tallin
#17 Canadian National Vimy Memorial
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War . It also serves as the place of commemoration for Canadian soldiers of the First World War killed or presumed dead in France who hav
The Maisonneuve Monument ( French : Monument à Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve ) is a monument by sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert built in 1895 in Place d'Armes in Montreal . [1] Maisonneuve Monument Monument à Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve Location in Montreal Location Place d'Armes
#19 Monument to the Sunken Ships
The Monument to the Sunken Ships ( Russian : Памятник затопленным кораблям ; Ukrainian : Пам'ятник затопленим кораблям ) is the symbol of the city of Sevastopol , on the disputed Crimean peninsula. Located in Sevastopol Bay , it was designed by Amandus Adamson and built by Valentin Feldmann in 1905.
The Monument to Matvei Platov ( Russian : Памятник Матвею Ивановичу Платову ) is the first sculpture constructed in Novocherkassk , Rostov Oblast , Russia . It is dedicated to Matvei Ivanovich Platov , who was a famous Don Ataman , the founder of Novocherkassk, General of the Cavalry and a hero of t