langs: 5 декабря [ru] / december 5 [en] / 5. dezember [de] / 5 décembre [fr] / 5 dicembre [it] / 5 de diciembre [es]
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#1 Harry Harrison (cartoonist)
Harry Harrison (born 5 December 1961) is a British born political cartoonist and illustrator based in Hong Kong . He is best known as the principal political cartoonist for the South China Morning Post (SCMP). However, he also illustrates children's books and provides satirical cartoons to many jour
Santi di Tito (5 December 1536 – 25 July 1603) was one of the most influential and leading Italian painters of the proto- Baroque style – what is sometimes referred to as "Counter-Maniera" or Counter-Mannerism . [2] [3] Italian painter Vision of St Thomas Aquinas (1593) [1]
Arthur Webster Emerson (December 5, 1885 – July 18, 1968) was a painter who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii . He was the son of Nathaniel Bright Emerson , and grandson of missionaries John S. Emerson and Ursula Newell Emerson . As a young Hawaiian-born artist, he was encouraged in his painting by Madge
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin ( Russian : Константи́н Алексе́евич Коро́вин , first name often spelled Constantin ; 5 December [ O.S. 23 November ] 1861 – 11 September 1939) was a leading Russian Impressionist painter. Russian impressionist painter Konstantin Korovin Portrait of Konstantin
#5 Susan Hale
Susan Hale (December 5, 1833 – September 17, 1910) was an American author, traveler and artist. She devoted herself entirely to the art of painting in watercolors which she studied under English, French and German masters. Hale traveled extensively, sketching and visiting the galleries of the world.
#6 Myra Landau
Myra Landau (December 5, 1926 - July 14, 2018) was an artist and abstract painter involved in art research. Born in Bucharest , Romania, she was known largely for the work she made in Brazil, then Mexico for many years and later in Italy, Israel and The Netherlands. [1] This article includes a list
John Hennings (c. 1833 – 13 October 1898) was a theatrical scene painter and theatre manager in Melbourne , Australia. He has been identified as Johann Friederich Hennings, probably born on 6 July 1835, son of Danish-born parents Johann Hennings, merchant, and his wife Caroline, née Schutze. [1] His
#8 Mel Zabarsky
Melvin Joel Zabarsky (1932–2019) was an American figurative painter who created representational work in the narrative tradition. Known for a bright, bold palette, his work often explores political, historical and cultural themes to surreal and realist effect. In a six-decade career marked by severa
#9 Rodney Smith (photographer)
Rodney Lewis Smith (December 24, 1947 – December 5, 2016) was a New York-based fashion and portrait photographer. For other people named Rod Smith, see Rod Smith (disambiguation) . Rodney Smith Born ( 1947-12-24 ) December 24, 1947 Long Island , New York Died December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05) (aged 68
Frederick Lee Bridell ( baptised 5 December 1830 – 20 August 1863) was a popular painter of 19th century Britain , initially as a Portrait artist, gaining favour with Elizabeth Barrett Browning who entertained Bridell and his wife ( Eliza Bridell Fox , a fellow artist), for their wedding meal at Boc
#11 Gray Foy
Gray Foy (1922–2012) was a mid twentieth-century American artist who created a visionary body of drawings from 1941 to 1975. His drawings are generally divided into two phases. First, from 1941–48, the artist drew figurative Surrealist landscapes and interiors. Then beginning in the late 1940s, he c
#12 Mario Bernasconi (sculptor)
Mario Bernasconi ( Pazzallo , February 13, 1899 – Viganello, March 19, 1963) was a Swiss-Italian sculptor. Swiss-Italian sculptor This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article'
Carlo Paolo Agazzi or Carlo Agazzi (May 5, 1870 – December 5, 1922) [1] was an Italian painter of landscapes and still lifes in oil and watercolors. He also made etchings. Italian painter
#14 Simon Vouet
Simon Vouet ( French: [vwɛ] ; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and mythological paintings, portraits, fres
#15 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
#16 Ray Crooke
Ray Austin Crooke AM (12 July 1922 – 5 December 2015) was an Australian artist known for his landscapes. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston . Ray Crooke AM Born Ray Austin Crooke ( 1922-07-12 ) 12 July 1922 Auburn, Victoria , Australia Died 5 December 2015 (2015-
#17 Joseph DeCamp
Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (November 5, 1858 – February 11, 1923) was an American painter and educator. American painter Joseph DeCamp Joseph Rodefer DeCamp Born ( 1858-11-05 ) November 5, 1858 Cincinnati, Ohio Died February 11, 1923 (1923-02-11) (aged 64) Boca Grande, Florida Known for Portraits,
#18 Favio Chavez
Favio Hernán Chávez Morán (born December 5, 1975 [1] ), is an Argentinian [2] musician, environmental technician, [3] and director of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura , since 2012. [4] Favio Chávez Born Favio Hernán Chávez Morán ( 1975-12-05 ) December 5, 1975 (age 46) Buenos Aires , Argentina Na
#19 Nicolò Porta
Nicola or Niccolò Porta (5 December 1710 - 22 February 1784) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. Italian painter
#20 Reed Champion
Reed Champion (ca. 1910-1997) was an American artist and illustrator. She was also known by her married name, Reed Pfeufer , and sometimes used the pseudonym John Corvus . [1] American artist and illustrator Reed Champion Born ca. 1910 Newton, Massachusetts , U.S. Died December 5, 1997 Hyannis, Mass
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
#2 National Gallery of Modern Art
The National Gallery of Modern Art ( NGMA ) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture , Government of India. [1] The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India , with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore . Its collection of
#3 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a museum of American art in Bentonville, Arkansas . The museum, founded by Alice Walton and designed by Moshe Safdie , officially opened on 11 November 2011. It offers free public admission. Art museum in Bentonville, Arkansas Crystal Bridges Museum of Ameri
Greene Naftali is a contemporary art gallery located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City . [1] Carol Greene
#5 Woolaroc
Woolaroc is a museum and wildlife preserve located in the Osage Hills of Northeastern Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 123 about 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma , and 45 mi (72 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma . Woolaroc was established in 1925 as the ranch retreat of oilman
#6 Woolaroc
Woolaroc is a museum and wildlife preserve located in the Osage Hills of Northeastern Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 123 about 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma , and 45 mi (72 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma . Woolaroc was established in 1925 as the ranch retreat of oilman
#7 Museo Nacional de las Culturas
The Museo Nacional de las Culturas ( MNC ; National Museum of Cultures ) is a national museum in Mexico City dedicated to education about the world's cultures, both past and present. It is housed in a colonial-era building that used to be the mint for making coins. Prior to this, the site was the ho
The Museu Picasso ( Catalan pronunciation: [muˈzɛw piˈkasu] , "Picasso Museum") is an art museum in Barcelona , in Catalonia , Spain. It houses an extensive collection of artworks by the twentieth-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso , with a total of 4251 of his works. It is housed in five adjoin
#9 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book . It is a member of Museums10 [1] and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts . The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, and design
#10 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
#11 Reynolda House Museum of American Art
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds , founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , the house originally occupied the cente
#12 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
#13 Glulam Gallery
The Glulam Gallery ( Malay : Galeri Glulam ) is a gallery in Johor Bahru , Johor , Malaysia . Gallery in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia Glulam Gallery Galeri Glulam General information Type gallery Location Johor Bahru , Johor , Malaysia Coordinates 1°30′55.8″N 103°44′19.8″E Completed 2011 Inaugurated
#14 Sana Gallery
Sana Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Singapore focused on Middle Eastern art. [1] Sana Gallery was founded in 2012 by Assaad W. Razzouk , the British-Lebanese clean energy and climate change entrepreneur. [2] The gallery was officially opened on October 25, 2012, as the first Middle Eastern
The Belvedere is a historic building complex in Vienna , Austria, consisting of two Baroque palaces (the Upper and Lower Belvedere), the Orangery, and the Palace Stables. The buildings are set in a Baroque park landscape in the third district of the city, on the south-eastern edge of its centre. It
The Detroit Institute of Arts ( DIA ), located in Midtown Detroit , Michigan , has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m 2 ) [2] [3] with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2
The Queensland Art Gallery ( QAG ) is an art museum located in South Bank , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . The gallery is part of QAGOMA . [4] It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only 150 metres (490 ft) away. Art museum in Queensland, Australia Queensland Art G
Graves Art Gallery is an art gallery in Sheffield , England . The gallery is located above the Central Library in Sheffield city centre. It houses permanent displays from the city’s historic and contemporary collection of British and European art along with a programme of temporary exhibitions. Grav
#19 Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
The Gallery of Modern Art ( GOMA ) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA . Art museum in Queensland, Australia Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) Main entrance to GOMA. Established Decem
#20 Museum of Oriental Art (Turin)
The Museum of Oriental Art ( Italian : Museo d'Arte Orientale , also known by the acronym MAO ) is a museum located in a 17th-century palazzo in the city of Turin, Italy . Museum of Oriental Art Museo d'Arte Orientale Location within Turin Established December 5, 2008 Location Palazzo Mazzonis, Via
Salvator Mundi ( Latin for ' 'Savior of the World' ' ) is a painting attributed in whole or in part to the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci , dated to c. 1499–1510 . [n 1] Long thought to be a copy of a lost original veiled with overpainting , it was rediscovered, restored, and in
#2 The Distribution of the Eagle Standards
The Distribution of the Eagle Standards is an 1810 oil painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting a military ceremony in 1804 that was arranged by Napoleon after his assumption of power as Emperor of the French . In the ceremony, Napoleon sought to revive the military ethos of the Roman Empire . Pain
#3 Statue of Nelson Mandela, Union Buildings
The Nelson Mandela statue on the Union Buildings grounds, Pretoria , Gauteng , of former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela , stands 9 metres tall. The statue was unveiled on the Day of Reconciliation (16 December) 2013, bringing the official mourning period of ten
The Heart of the Andes is a large oil-on-canvas landscape painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). Painting by Frederic Edwin Church This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points . ( May 2022 ) The Heart of the Andes Artist Frederic Edw
#5 The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee
The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee is a painting by the Flemish painter Jan Breughel the Elder . It was painted in 1597. Its current whereabouts are unknown. [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2021 ) The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee Year 1597 Dimensions 26.4 cm
#6 Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision
Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision is one of the paintings that was made as a part of the Stuckism art movement, [1] [2] and is recognized as a "signature piece" for the movement, [3] It was painted by the Stuckism co-founder Charles Thomson in 2000, and has been exhibited in a numbe
We Choose Love is a 2018 memorial painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center , in northeast Portland, Oregon , to commemorate victims of the 2017 Portland train attack . The memorial is temporary, as the station is slated for renovation. Memorial painting in P
#8 La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra (Calif. 1996)
La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra: California 1996 is a 10 ft x 30 ft rectangular mural, currently located in the University of Southern California 's Graduate Student Lounge within the Ronald Tutor Campus Center. [1] The mural was painted by artist Judy Baca in collaboration with students from the U
#9 The Feast of Saint Nicholas
The Feast of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Het Sint-Nicolaasfeest , c. 1665 – 1668 ), is a painting by Dutch master Jan Steen , which can now be found in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam . It measures 82 x 70.5 cm. The picture, painted in the chaotic Jan Steen "style," depicts a family at home on December 5,
The Goldfinch ( Dutch : Het puttertje ) is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius of a life-sized chained goldfinch . Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague , Netherlands. The work is a trompe-l'œil oil on panel measuring 33.5 by 22.8 ce
#11 List of works by Thomas Eakins
This is a list of professionally authenticated paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Thomas Eakins (1844–1916). As there is no catalogue raisonné of Eakins' works, [1] this is an aggregation of existing published catalogs. Photograph of Thomas Eakins c. 1882
#12 Portrait of Jacques Nayral
Portrait of Jacques Nayral (also known as Portrait de Jacques Nayral ) is a large oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911 (no. 609), the Salon de la Section d'Or , 1912 (no. 38), and r
#13 Autumn exhibition (Leningrad, 1956)
Autumn Fine Art Exhibition of Leningrad's artists of 1956 ( Russian : Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1956 года ) become the largest Soviet Art Exhibition of 1956 and for the time of early Khrushchev Thaw . The Exhibition took place in Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists Exhibit
Governor James A. Rhodes is a 1982 bronze sculpture depicting politician Jim Rhodes by Gary Ross, installed along East Broad Street in front of the Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus, Ohio , United States. [1] Statue in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Governor James A. Rhodes The statue in 2012 Artist Gary
#15 Adoration of the Magi (Stom)
The subject of the Adoration of the Magi was treated at least four times by the Dutch or Flemish painter Matthias Stom : Adoration of the Magi , c.1633-1639, produced during his time in Naples, showing ten figures, now in the Nationalmuseum , Stockholm [1] Adoration of the Magi , c.1633-1639, produc
Woman with Black Glove (French: Femme au gant noir , or Femme Assise ) is a painting by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . Painted in 1920, after returning to Paris in the wake of World War I, the paintings highly abstract structure is consistent with style of experimentation th
Brooklyn Bridge is a 1915 painting by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . Brooklyn Bridge was exhibited at the Montross Gallery, New York, 1916 (no. 40) along with works by Jean Crotti , Marcel Duchamp and Jean Metzinger . [1] Painting by Albert Gleizes Brooklyn Bridge French: Po
Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani , also known as Souren Melikian [1] [2] (born 5 December 1936), [3] is a French-Iranian [4] art historian , art critic , [5] [6] and curator. [7] He is a renowned scholar of Iranian culture, [8] and its sphere of influence . [9]
#2 James Caw
Sir James Lewis Caw LLD HRSA (25 September 1864 – 5 December 1950) [1] was a Scottish art historian, critic and gallery director. He argued for the existence of an independent and free-standing "Scottish school of painting" arising in the second half of the 19th century. [2]
Dr Pamela Tudor-Craig, Lady Wedgwood FSA (née Wynn-Reeves; 26 June 1928 – 5 December 2017) was a British medieval art historian . British medieval art historian Pamela Tudor-Craig
Adalet Cimcoz (25 July 1910 – 13 March 1970) was a Turkish voice actress , art curator, critic, translator and gossip columnist. She dubbed many film stars over a period of more than thirty years. She also opened and curated Turkey's first and only woman-owned private art gallery for exhibitions o
Count Antoine Seilern (17 September 1901 – 6 July 1978) was an Anglo-Austrian art collector and art historian. He was considered, along with Sir Denis Mahon , to be one of a handful of important collectors who was also a respected scholar. The bulk of his collection was bequeathed anonymously to the
#6 Dave Hickey
David Hickey (December 5, 1938 – November 12, 2021 [2] ) was an American art critic who wrote for many American publications including Rolling Stone , ARTnews , Art in America , Artforum , Harper's Magazine , and Vanity Fair . He was nicknamed "The Bad Boy of Art Criticism" [3] and "The Enfant Terri
Yevgeny Mikhailovich Golubovsky ( Russian : Евге́ний Миха́йлович Голубо́вский , Ukrainian : Євгеній Михайлович Голубівський ; born December 5, 1936, Odessa [2] ) is a Soviet and Ukrainian journalist and culturologist. [1] Editor of the newspaper World Odessa News , deputy editor of the almanac Derib
#8 Simon Schama
Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRSL ( / ˈ ʃ ɑː m ə / ; born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history , Dutch history , Jewish history , and French history . [1] He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University , New York. [2] British histo
António Manuel Filipe Rocha Pimentel (born 5 December 1959 in São Pedro de Alva , Penacova ) is a Portuguese academic and art historian currently the director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. [1] PhD António Filipe Pimentel Born 1959-12-05 Nationality Portuguese Education The U
#10 Dmitry Aynalov
Dmitry Vlasyevich Aynalov ( Russian : Дми́трий Вла́сьевич Айна́лов , IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈvlasjevʲɪtɕ əjˈnalɐf] ; 20 February (8 February O.S. ) 1862—12 December 1939 [1] ) was a Soviet and Russian art historian , a university professor , a corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Scie
Petrine Archer-Straw (26 December 1956 – 5 December 2012) was a British artist and influential art historian and curator who specialised in the art of the Caribbean people . [1] In the words of Eddie Chambers : "In her work as an artist, academic, art historian, writer and curator, Archer-Straw cons
#12 Hans Peter L'Orange (academic)
Hans Peter L'Orange (2 March 1903 – 5 December 1983) was a Norwegian art historian and classical archaeologist. [1] Norwegian art historian and archaeologist Hans Peter L'Orange
Jeanette Zwingenberger (born 1962 in Memmingen ) is a Paris-based independent art curator and art historical scholar. She is a member of the International Association of Art Critics and a UNESCO member of the Advisory Committee on Works of Art (ACWA) and teaches at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University .
Henriette Caillaux (5 December 1874 – 29 January 1943) was a Parisian socialite and second wife of the former Prime Minister of France , Joseph Caillaux . On March 16, 1914, she shot and killed Gaston Calmette , editor of the newspaper Le Figaro . Henriette Caillaux Henriette Caillaux, c.1914 Born H
#15 Rene Schmerling
Rene Oskarovna Schmerling ( Georgian : რენე შმერლინგი ; December 5, 1901 — February 18, 1967) was a Georgian art historian and art critic famous for her work on medieval and Byzantine Georgian art . Georgian art historian Rene Oskarovna Schmerling რენე შმერლინგი Born December 5, 1901 Tbilisi, Georgi
#16 Giovanni Becatti
Giovanni Becatti (5 December 1912 – 10 April 1973) was an Italian Classical art historian and archaeologist . Born at Siena , Becatti was educated at the University of Rome under Giulio Giglioli . Becatti was appointed to the Superintendency of Ostia in 1938. He was professor of Archeology and Histo
#17 Helen Ogilvie
Helen Elizabeth Ogilvie (4 May 1902, in Corowa – 1 August 1993, in Melbourne ) was a twentieth-century Australian artist and gallery director, cartoonist, painter, printmaker and craftworker, best known for her early linocuts and woodcuts, and her later oil paintings of vernacular colonial buildings
#1 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
The Hoberman Arch was the centerpiece of the Olympic Medals Plaza in downtown Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics . Following the Olympics the arch was moved to the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park where, along with the Olympic cauldron, it was one of the main highlights and an import
#3 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
#4 List of public art in Surrey
This list comprises works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space in the county of Surrey , England. UK. For brevity this does not include markers and milestones, parts of buildings or ornamental features to main bridges, stained glass and other artistic works attached to place
#5 Monument to General Martínez Campos
The Monument to General Martínez Campos is an instance of public art in Madrid , Spain. Designed by Mariano Benlliure , it consists of an sculptural ensemble presided by a equestrian statue of General Arsenio Martínez Campos , who played a key role in bringing the Bourbon Restoration by leading the
Partners is a 1993 copper statue by Blaine Gibson depicting Walt Disney holding the hand of the most popular character he created, Mickey Mouse . The statue is 6 feet 5 inches (196 cm) , 7 inches (18 cm) taller than Disney himself. It is the central point of attention as guests enter some of
The Snowdog Art Trails are a series of public art exhibitions of large Snowdog sculptures, organised by Wild In Art from 2016 to 2018. [1] They celebrate the Snowdog from the 2012 short film, The Snowman and the Snowdog , and feature sculptures painted in a wide variety of styles, many of which refl
#8 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a national memorial located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , United States. [1] It covers four acres (1.6 ha) and includes the Stone of Hope , a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved
The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Britain from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration by Swedish feminists of University of London medical lectures; pitched battles between medical students and the police; police protection for the statue of a do
#10 Vladimir Lenin monument, Kyiv
The Vladimir Lenin monument in Kyiv was a statue dedicated to Vladimir Lenin , the founder of the Soviet Union in Kyiv , the capital of Ukraine. The larger than life-size (3.45 meters [11.32 feet]) Lenin monument was built by Soviet sculptor Sergey Merkurov from the same red Karelian stone as Lenin'
#11 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
#12 List of works similar to the 2020 Utah monolith
In late 2020, the appearance of a series of metal columns was reported internationally. Referred to as "monoliths", these sheet metal structures began to be constructed in the wake of the discovery of the Utah monolith , a 3 m (9.8 ft) -tall pillar made of metal sheets riveted into a triangular
Union Monument ( Romanian : Monumentul Unirii ), a monument of white marble in the Romanian city of Iaşi , was designed by Princess Olga Sturdza and unveiled in 1927 at the base of Carol Boulevard. It consists of a central piece (the Motherland) and four smaller ones representing the historic provin
#14 Jatayu Earth's Center Nature Park
Jatayu Earth Center , also known as Jatayu Nature Park or Jatayu Rock , is a park and tourism centre at Chadayamangalam in Kollam district of Kerala . It stands at an altitude of 350m (1200ft) above the mean sea level. Park in Kerala, India Jatayu Nature Park, Kollam Jatayu Park Location of Jatayu N
The Barnston Memorial is an obelisk in Churton Road, Farndon , Cheshire , England. It commemorates Roger Barnston, a military officer who died in 1857 from wounds sustained at the Siege of Lucknow . His memorial consists of an obelisk standing on a plinth , surrounded by four lions. It is recorded i
#16 Westland Pioneers' Memorial
The Westland Pioneers' Memorial is a statue in Hokitika , New Zealand, commemorating the pioneer settlers of Westland. Unveiled in 1914, the statue had its right arm broken off in 2009 and was subsequently been dubbed Venus de Hokitika . The memorial was relocated in 2016 from its original location
Hero of Israel ( Hebrew : גיבור ישראל , Gibor Yisrael) is the name of a 900 kg bronze statue which stands on a 5-ton base. The statue is 5.5 meters [1] tall and was placed at Paris Square , near the Prime Minister's residence , in Jerusalem on December 4, 2020 by Israeli artist Itay Zalait as a pr