langs: 25 июля [ru] / july 25 [en] / 25. juli [de] / 25 juillet [fr] / 25 luglio [it] / 25 de julio [es]
days: july 22 / july 23 / july 24 / july 25 / july 26 / july 27 / july 28
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]
Eleanore Mikus (July 25, 1927 - September 6, 2017 [1] ) was an American artist who began painting in the late 1950s in the Abstract Expressionist mode. By the early 1960s, she was creating monochromatic paintings with geometric patterns that according to Luis Camnitzer, “could be seen as conforming
#3 Charles Prosper Wolff Schoemaker
Charles Prosper Wolff Schoemaker (25 July 1882 – 22 May 1949) [1] was a Dutch architect who designed several distinguished Art Deco buildings in Bandung , Indonesia, including the Villa Isola and Hotel Preanger . [2] He has been described as "the Frank Lloyd Wright of Indonesia," [2] and Wright had
George Dillwyn Parrish (July 25, 1894 – August 6, 1941) was an American writer, illustrator, and painter. American writer and painter This article needs additional citations for verification . ( October 2013 ) Dillwyn Parrish Born George Dillwyn Parrish July 25, 1894 Colorado Springs, Colorado , U.S
Gaston Balande (born 1880 in Madrid , died 1971 in Paris ), was a French painter and illustrator . French painter and illustrator Gaston Balande Gaston Balande, Self-portrait . Private collection. Born ( 1880-05-31 ) 31 May 1880 Madrid , Spain Died 8 April 1971 (1971-04-08) (aged 90) Paris , Franc
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky ( Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский ; 29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art . Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian , [lower-alpha 1] he was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea
Mariella Norma Borthwick (25 July 1862 – 13 June 1934) was a British artist and writer and an Irish language activist. [1] British artist, writer, and Irish-language activist Norma Borthwick Norma Borthwick by John Butler Yeats Born Mariella Norma Borthwick ( 1862-07-25 ) 25 July 1862 Highfield, Hig
Nicolás Francés (died 1468) was a Spanish painter and miniaturist. Spanish painter Life of the Virgin and Saint Francis by Nicolás Francés, altarpiece , now located in Museo del Prado
Edith Agnes Kathleen Young, Baroness Kennet , FRBS (née Bruce ; formerly Scott ; 27 March 1878 – 25 July 1947) was a British sculptor. Trained in London and Paris, Scott was a prolific sculptor, notably of portrait heads and busts and also of several larger public monuments. These included a numbe
#10 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
#11 Pietro Gonzaga
Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga ( Pierre Gothard Gonzague in contemporary French sources, Пьетро Гонзага in Russian sources, 25 March 1751 – 6 August [ O.S. 25 July ] 1831 ) was an Italian theatre set designer who worked in Italy and, since 1792, in the Russian Empire . Italian painter Stage design w
Beatrice Ethel Lithiby (4 December 1889- 25 July 1966) was a British artist known as a painter and designer of stained glass and church furnishings. She served in both World War I and World War II in the British Army and in the former conflict also worked as a war artist for the Imperial War Museum
Phillip Hefferton (July 25, 1933 – April 2, 2008) was an American pop artist from Detroit, Michigan , known for his paintings of banknotes. American painter This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citatio
André Bizette-Lindet (28 February 1906 – 28 December 1998) was a French sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1930. His work is held in many churches, public buildings and memorials in France and other countries. French sculptor The sculptor in the year he won the Prix de Rome
#15 Leonard Bahr
Leonard Marion Bahr (May 12, 1905 – July 25, 1990) was an American portrait painter, muralist, illustrator and educator. He worked for many years as a painting professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). American artist (1905-1990) Leonard Bahr Born ( 1905-05-12 ) May 12, 1905 Marylan
#16 Ivor Montagu
Ivor Goldsmid Samuel Montagu (23 April 1904, in Kensington, London – 5 November 1984, in Watford) was an English filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, film critic, writer, table tennis player, and Communist activist in the 1930s. He helped to develop a lively intellectual film culture in Britain during
#17 Kamil Lhoták
Kamil Lhoták (25 July 1912 Prague – 22 October 1990, Prague) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. He was one of the members of Group 42 . Kamil Lhoták Portrait of Kamil Lhoták by Karel Kuklík , 1960s Born ( 1912-07-25 ) 25 July 1912 Prague , Austria-Hungary Died 22 October 1990 (199
Homer Casteel Jr. (July 25, 1919 - April 29, 1972) was an American painter, sculptor, writer and teacher. He was the chairman of the art department at Meridian Junior College . American artist and writer Homer Casteel Jr. Born July 25, 1919 Canton, Mississippi , U.S. Died April 29, 1972 Meridian, Mi
#19 C. Moore Hardy
C. Moore Hardy (born 1955), is an Australian photographer, nurse and community worker, known for her extensive photographic documentation of the Sydney queer community since the late 1970s. [1] Hardy's work has encompassed both freelance and commercial photography, featuring candid portraiture of co
Edmund Thomas Clint (19 May 1976 — 15 April 1983) was an Indian child prodigy known for having drawn over 25,000 paintings during his life of less than seven years. [1] [2] Indian artist (1976–1983) This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) Ed
The Whitney Museum of American Art , known informally as " The Whitney ", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City . It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), a wealthy and prominent American socialite, sculpto
The Museum of Glass (MOG) is a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) art museum in Tacoma, Washington dedicated to the medium of glass . [2] Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the studio glass movement through nurturing artists, impl
The Museum of Black Joy is a virtual museum launched by Philadelphia artist Andrea "Philly" Walls in January 2020. [1] [2] The museum's mission statement says that it exists "To celebrate, cultivate, commemorate, & circulate stories that center Black joy". [3] The museum includes photography, videos
The ASN Co building is a heritage-listed building located at 1-5 Hickson Road, The Rocks , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . Completed in 1885 and built in the Pre-Federation Anglo Dutch style under the direction of William Wardell and his associate, Walter Liberty Vernon , the building served
The Australian Queer Archives ( AQuA ) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
The Walter Phillips Gallery (WPG) is a contemporary art gallery in Banff, Alberta . It was established in 1976 as a part of The Banff Centre in Banff National Park . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) Art museum in Alberta, Canada Walter Phillips Gallery Walt
#7 Ogunquit Museum of American Art
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is a small art museum [1] located on the coast in Ogunquit , Maine . The museum houses over 3,000 pieces in its permanent collection. [2] This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) This article relies too muc
#8 Villa Manin
Villa Manin at Passariano is a Venetian villa located in Passariano of Codroipo , province of Udine , northern Italy . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( October 2014 ) Main façade of t
#9 Rosy Wilde
The Rosy Wilde gallery was an artist-run project space, established in 2003 by British artist Stella Vine in a former butcher's shop below her house in east London, to showcase work by emerging artists. The gallery was not making money and Vine was expecting bailiffs , when one of her paintings of D
#10 Stuckism International Gallery
The Stuckism International Gallery was the gallery of the Stuckist art movement. It was open from 2002 to 2005 in Shoreditch , and was run by Charles Thomson , the co-founder of Stuckism. It was launched by a procession carrying a coffin marked "The death of conceptual art " to the neighbouring Whit
The East Side Gallery memorial in Berlin -Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall in Mühlenstraße between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke along the Spree . It consists of a series of murals painted directly on a 1,316 m (4,318
#12 Japanese American National Museum
The Japanese American National Museum ( 全米日系人博物館 , Zenbei Nikkeijin Hakubutsukan ) is located in Los Angeles, California , and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans . Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. The museum is an affiliate wit
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,
#14 McSwain Theatre
The McSwain Theatre is a 560-seat former cinema , and present day theater and music venue , located in Ada , Pontotoc County , Oklahoma . McSwain Theatre Address 130 W. Main Street Ada , Pontotoc County , Oklahoma Owner Chickasaw Nation Capacity 574 Current use theater , music venue , art gallery Co
#15 Aga Khan Museum
The Aga Khan Museum ( French : Musée Aga Khan ) is a museum of Islamic art , Iranian (Persian) art and Muslim culture located at 77 Wynford Drive in the North York district of Toronto , Ontario , Canada. [1] The museum is dedicated to Islamic art and objects, and it houses approximately 1,200 rare o
#16 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth , Taranaki , New Zealand. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council . Govett-Brewster is recognised internationally for contemporary art. [1] Art museum in New Plymouth, New Zealand
#17 The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop
The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop (1973–2010) was an Australian photography gallery established in South Yarra , a suburb of Melbourne , and which ran almost continuously for nearly forty years. Its representation, in the 1970s and 1980s, of contemporary and mid-century, mostly American and so
#18 Kadriorg Palace
Kadriorg Palace ( Estonian : Kadrioru loss , German : Schloss Katharinental ) is an 18th-century Petrine Baroque palace in Kadriorg , Tallinn , the capital of Estonia . Both the Estonian and the German name for the palace means "Catherine's valley". It was built in 1718–1725 to Nicola Michetti 's de
#19 A Filantrópica
A Filantrópica is an arts cooperative located in Póvoa de Varzim , Portugal . Its headquarters and arts and literature galleries are located in Rua da Lapa street, 1. Currently, the main entrance is located in Rua 31 de Janeiro , a parallel and more important street. Arts cooperative in Póvoa de Var
The Johnstone Gallery was a private gallery located in the suburb of Bowen Hills in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia co-owned by Brian Johnstone and his wife, Marjorie Johnstone (née Mant). It was the leading [1] Brisbane commercial gallery exhibiting contemporary Australian art from 1950 until 197
#1 Hahn/Cock
Hahn/Cock is a sculpture of a giant blue cockerel by the German artist Katharina Fritsch . It was unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on 25 July 2013 and was displayed on the vacant fourth plinth . The fibreglass work stood 4.72 metres (15.5 ft) high and was the sixth work to be displayed on the
The Moreel Triptych (or the Saint Christopher Altarpiece ) is the name given to a 1484 panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Hans Memling (d. 1494). It was commissioned by the prominent Bruges politician, merchant and banker Willem Moreel (d. 1501) and his wife Barbara van Vlaenderberch,
" Yankee Doodle " is an American song and a nursery rhyme , the early versions of which predate the Seven Years' War and American Revolution . [1] It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut . [2] Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 4501. The melod
Twilight in the Wilderness is an 1860 oil painting by American painter Frederic Edwin Church . The woodlands of the northeastern United States are shown against a setting sun that intensely colors the dramatic altocumulus clouds . Church scholar John K. Howat describes the painting as "one of his fi
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 Seated Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo
Seated Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo ( 伝源頼朝坐像 ) is an anonymous wooden sculpture from the 13th or 14th centuries presumably depicting Minamoto no Yoritomo , now part of the collection of the Tokyo National Museum . [1] Seated Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo (Presumed) Artist Unknown Year 13-14th
#7 Statue of Margaret Cruickshank
The Statue of Margaret Cruickshank is located in Seddon Square, in the small rural town of Waimate , New Zealand . [1] It honours the life of Margaret Cruickshank , a local doctor who died in the influenza pandemic of 1918, and was the first monument erected in New Zealand to a woman other than Quee
Chloé is an 1875 oil painting by French academic painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre . Measuring 260 cm by 139 cm, it depicts the naiad in "Mnasyle et Chloé ", an idyll by French poet André Marie Chénier (30 October 1762 – 25 July 1794). [1] 1875 nude oil painting by Jules Lefebvre Chloé Artist Jules Jo
#9 Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish
Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish ( Italian : Predica di sant'Antonio ai pesci ; literally, Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fishes ) is a 1580–1585 oil on canvas painting of Anthony of Padua by Paolo Veronese , now in the Galleria Borghese in Rome . Its original location is unknown, though its medi
The Fountain of Eternal Life , also known as the War Memorial Fountain and Peace Arising from the Flames of War , is a statue and fountain in downtown Cleveland , Ohio designed by Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Marshall Fredericks and dedicated on May 30, 1964. The sculpture, which honors Great
#11 Le Mur Rose
Le Mur Rose (full title: Paysage, le mur rose; , Landscape, the Pink Wall ), is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1898. Henri Matisse , Le Mur Rose , 1898 It was bought in Paris at the sale of La Peau de l'Ours on 2 March 1914 by Jewish entrepreneur Harry Fuld , who founded Frankfurt , Germany based
#12 Trojeručica
Bogorodica Trojeručica ( Serbian Cyrillic : Богородица Тројеручица, Greek : Παναγία Τριχερούσα, Panagia Tricherousa, meaning "Three-handed Theotokos " ) or simply Trojeručica (Тројеручица, Three-handed ) is a famous wonderworking icon in the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos , Gr
The Patrick Cudahy Memorial is a public art work by American artist Felix de Weldon , located in Sheridan Park in Cudahy , Wisconsin . [1] The bronze sculpture depicts industrialist Patrick Cudahy standing and wearing a business suit . [2] The inscription reads: PATRICK CUDAHY FOUNDER OF THE CITY OF
#14 The Slav Epic
The Slav Epic ( Czech : Slovanská epopej ) is a cycle of 20 large canvases painted by Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha between 1910 and 1928. The cycle depicts the mythology and history of Czechs and other Slavic peoples . In 1928, after finishing his monumental work, Mucha bestowed the cycl
The Hildebrand Monument is a public artwork fabricated by Joyce & Diener and located at Crown Hill National Cemetery in Indianapolis , Indiana . The monument marks the graves of Henry W. Hildebrand and his three children, William H., Louisa E., and George H. Hildebrand. [1] It features an eighteen-f
#16 William Forsyth (horticulturist)
William Forsyth (1737 – 25 July 1804) was a Scottish botanist. He was a royal head gardener and a founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society . A genus of flowering plants, Forsythia , is named in his honour. Scottish botanist William Forsyth A stipple engraving of William Forsyth Born 1737 O
#17 Bust of York
A 4 foot (1.2 m) bust of York , the only African American on the Lewis and Clark Expedition , was installed in Portland, Oregon 's Mount Tabor Park , in the United States, from February to July 2021. The artist stayed anonymous at first, [2] but after the bust was removed he revealed himself as Todd
The Battle of Aboukir is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Antoine-Jean Gros , executed in 1806. It has the large dimensions of 578 by 968 cm. It is held at the Palace of Versailles . Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros The Battle of Aboukir Artist Antoine-Jean Gros Year 1806 Medium Oil on canvas
Portrait of Maria Pietersdochter Olycan is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals , painted in 1638, now in the São Paulo Museum of Art . It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Maria's husband Andries van Hoorn . Painting by Frans Hals Portrait of Maria Pietersdr
#20 Westoe Netty
The Westoe Netty is a painting by Robert Olley . It depicts a historical scene inside a public toilet ( Netty is a Geordie dialect word for toilet). Painted in 1972, [1] it has become a cultural symbol of North East England working class history. [2] Painting by Robert Olley The Westoe Netty Artist
Kamran Afshar Naderi is an Iranian architect, architectural critic, painter and artist. This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( May 2022 )
#2 Lucien Magne
Lucien Magne (27 December 1849 - 25 July 1916) was a French architect specialising in religious buildings. [1] Lucien Magne Lucien Magne Born 27 December 1849 Paris , France Died 25 July 1916 ( 1916-07-26 ) (aged 66) Eaubonne , Val d'Oise , France Occupation Architect He took a large part in the
Felice Stampfle (25 July 1912 – 31 December 2000) [1] was an American Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan Library for nearly 40 years, and editor of the scholarly journal Master Drawings . American art historian
#4 William Grimes (journalist)
William H. "Biff" Grimes (born July 25, 1950) is an American food writer, former magazine writer, culture reporter, theater columnist, restaurant critic, book reviewer and a current obituary writer for The New York Times . [1] He is the author of four books on food and drink in the United States, in
#5 Kim Levin
Kim Levin is an American art critic and writer. Levin was a regular contributor to The Village Voice from 1982 to 2006. Since 2007 she has been contributing regularly to ARTnews . American art critic and writer Kim Levin Education Vassar College, Columbia University, New York University Occupation A
#6 Frank O'Hara
Francis Russell " Frank " O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American writer, poet, and art critic. A curator at the Museum of Modern Art , O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world. O'Hara is regarded as a leading figure in the New York School , an informal group of artists,
Nicolae Iorga ( Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e ˈjorɡa] ; sometimes Neculai Iorga , Nicolas Jorga , Nicolai Jorga or Nicola Jorga , born Nicu N. Iorga ; [1] 17 January 1871 – 27 November 1940) was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet and playwright. C
Raymond Martin Marie Ghislain, Baron Lemaire ( Uccle , 28 May 1921 - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert , 13 August 1997) was an art historian and an architectural historian, a leading expert in conservation and professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and later at the KU Leuven and the Université catholiqu
#9 Michèle Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens
Michèle Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens (1934–2018) was a French archaeologist and art historian, specializing in the material culture of early China. [1] [2] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( August 2018 ) Michèle Pirazzoli-t ' Serstevens Born 5 October 1934 Died 25 July 2018
#10 Adalet Cimcoz
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
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
#12 Palma Bucarelli
Palma Bucarelli (16 March 1910 – 25 July 1998) was an Italian art historian, curator and administrator, mostly known for her tenure as director of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (GNAM) in Rome from 1942 to 1975. Palma Bucarelli Born ( 1910-03-16 ) March 16, 1910 Rome , Kingdom of Italy Died J
#13 Clarence Cook
Clarence Chatham Cook (September 8, 1828 – June 2, 1900) was a 19th-century American author and art critic . American writer and art critic Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts , Cook graduated from Harvard in 1849 and worked as a teacher. Between 1863 and 1869, Cook wrote a series of articles about Am
Carl Friedrich von Rumohr (6 January 1785, Reinhardtsgrimma – 25 July 1843) was a German art historian, writer, draughtsman and painter, agricultural historian, connoisseur of and writer about the culinary arts, art collector and patron of artists. Portrait of Carl Friedrich von Rumohr by Friedrich
#15 Henry McBride (art critic)
Henry McBride (July 25, 1867 – March 31, 1962) was an American art critic known for his support of modern artists , both European and American, in the first half of the twentieth century. As a writer during the 1920s for the newspaper The New York Sun and the avant-garde magazine The Dial , McBride
Theodorus Schrevelius (25 July 1572 – 2 December 1649) was a Dutch Golden Age writer and poet. Theodorus Schrevelius, by Frans Hals .
#17 Rodolfo Siviero
Rodolfo Siviero (24 December 1911 - 1983) was an Italian secret agent, art historian and intellectual, most notable for his important work in recovering artworks stolen from Italy during the Second World War as part of the ' Nazi plunder '. Rodolfo Siviero.
#18 Marcia Tucker
Marcia Tucker (born Marcia Silverman ; April 11, 1940 – October 17, 2006) [1] was an American art historian , art critic and curator . In 1977 she founded the New Museum of Contemporary Art , a museum dedicated to innovative art and artistic practice in New York City , which she ran as the director
#19 Jaroslav Folda
Jaroslav Thayer Folda III (b. 25 July 1940 Baltimore, Md. ) [1] is a medievalist , in which field he is a Haskins Medal winner; he is a scholar in the history of the art of the Crusades and the N. Ferebee Taylor Professor of the History of Art at the University of North Carolina . His area of intere
#20 Haldane MacFall
Haldane MacFall was a British Army officer who became an authoritative art critic , the author of several works of art history, an essayist and a novelist. He illustrated many of his own works, as well as bookplates and cover art for others, and exhibited at the Royal Academy . Haldane MacFall Major
#1 General Beauregard Equestrian Statue
The General Beauregard Equestrian Statue , honoring P. G. T. Beauregard , was located in New Orleans , Louisiana , United States. The statue, by Alexander Doyle , one of the premier American sculptors, was officially unveiled in 1915. United States historic place Beauregard, Gen., Equestrian Statue
#2 The Promised Land (sculpture)
The Promised Land is an outdoor bronze sculpture by David Manuel, de-accessioned in 2020, formerly located in Chapman Square ( Plaza Blocks ), in Portland, Oregon . [1] Sculpture in Portland, Oregon This article needs to be updated . ( August 2020 ) The Promised Land The sculpture in April 2015 Arti
The Rifle Brigade War Memorial in London commemorates the service of the Rifle Brigade in the First and Second World Wars. It stands at the junction of Grosvenor Gardens and Hobart Place near Victoria Station in the City of Westminster , on land donated by the 2nd Duke of Westminster . This article
A bust of Hadrian ( r. 117 – 138 AD ), the second-century Roman emperor who rebuilt the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma , was formerly displayed in Pope Sixtus V 's Villa Montalto and is now displayed at the British Museum in London. [1] The bust is one of the Townley Mar
Grey's Monument is a Grade I listed monument in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne , England . It was built in 1838 to commemorate Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (also known as Earl Grey), who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. It was erected to acclaim Earl Grey for the passing
The Arch of Constantine ( Italian : Arco di Costantino ) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great . The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in AD 312. Situated between the Colo
#7 Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards
The Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards was an American Civil War memorial in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas . It stood just northeast of the former Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal , at a junction of two of the park's internal roadways. It consisted of a bronze sculpture depicting
#8 Civil Service Rifles War Memorial
The Civil Service Rifles War Memorial is a First World War memorial located on the riverside terrace at Somerset House in central London, England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1924, the memorial commemorates the 1,240 members of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles regiment
#9 Isted Lion
The Isted Lion (or Flensburg Lion ) ( Danish : Istedløven or Flensborgløven ), German : Flensburger Löwe or Idstedter Löwe ) is a Danish war monument originally intended as a monument of the Danish victory over German-minded Schleswig-Holstein insurgents in the Battle of Isted ( Idstedt ) on 25 July
#10 Statue of Queen Victoria, Bristol
The statue of Queen Victoria by Joseph Edgar Boehm stands on College Green, Bristol , England. It is Grade II listed . [1] Queen Victoria Artist Joseph Edgar Boehm Year 1888 Type White marble Location Bristol The statue was planned as part of the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
The Burr–Hamilton duel took place in Weehawken, New Jersey , between Aaron Burr , the Vice President of the United States , and Alexander Hamilton , the first and former Secretary of the Treasury , on the morning of July 11, 1804. The duel was the culmination of a bitter rivalry that had developed b
The Georgia Guidestones was a granite monument that stood in Elbert County, Georgia , United States, from 1980 to 2022. It was 19 feet 3 inches (5.87 m) tall and made from six granite slabs weighing a total of 237,746 pounds (107,840 kg) . [1] The structure was sometimes referred to as an "A
Pink Dolphin Monument is a public monument in R.A. Apffel Park/East Beach on Galveston Island , Texas . Inaugurated on July 25, 2014, the monument is dedicated to celebrating gender and sexual minority communities. [1] It is the first monument dedicated to gender and sexual minorities in the souther
#14 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
#15 Olo n:o 22
Olo n:o 22 is an outdoor sculpture in Hietalahti , Helsinki , Finland . It was created by Pasi Karjula and Marko Vuokola and unveiled on July 25, 2000. This article does not cite any sources . ( January 2015 ) Part of Olo n:o 22 . The sculpture consists of over 50 polished steel spheres of various s
#16 Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial is a monument on Plymouth Hoe , Plymouth , Devon , England. Built in 1888, the monument celebrates the tercentenary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada , which was sighted by English captains stationed in the city. It is a granite structure, decorated with bronze crests and a sta
The Bust of Charlemagne ( de : Karlsbüste ) is a reliquary from around 1350 which contains the top part of Charlemagne 's skull. [2] The reliquary is part of the treasure kept in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury . Made in the Mosan region (the valley of the River Meuse ), long a centre of high-quality
#18 List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
During the civil unrest [1] that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice were vandalized, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This occurred mainly in the United States , but also in several
The statue of Baphomet is a bronze sculpture commissioned by The Satanic Temple depicting Baphomet , a winged, goat-headed, humanoid [4] and a symbol of the occult . First unveiled in Detroit in 2015, the statue stands 8.5 feet (2.6 m) tall and features a prominent pentagram as well as two smiling
The Burnside Fountain is a non-functioning drinking fountain at the southeast corner of Worcester Common in Worcester, Massachusetts . It consists of two parts, a pink granite basin, and a bronze statue of a young boy riding a sea turtle . The basin was designed by architect Henry Bacon , who later