langs: 2 июня [ru] / june 2 [en] / 2. juni [de] / 2 juin [fr] / 2 giugno [it] / 2 de junio [es]
days: may 30 / may 31 / june 1 / june 2 / june 3 / june 4 / june 5
#1 Bartolomeo Ghetti (painter)
Bartolomeo (or Baccio ) di Zanobi Ghetti (died 1536) was a Florentine Renaissance painter who has only recently emerged from obscurity as a result of art historical research. Italian painter
Antoine Claraz (8 September 1909, in Fribourg – 2 June 1997, in Fribourg), was a Swiss painter, sculptor and art teacher. [1] A selection of his work was exhibited in Musée d'art et d'histoire, Fribourg in 2000. [2]
Helmuth Naumer Sr. (born 1907 in Reutlingen , Germany; died 16 June 1990) was an American artist. He painted subjects throughout the United States and around the world, but is best known for his works depicting landscapes of New Mexico . [1] Helmuth Naumer Born 1907 Reutlingen , Germany Died 16 June
Alberto Orrego Luco (20 April 1854 in Valparaíso – 2 June 1931 in Santiago ) was a Chilean Impressionist landscape painter and diplomat. Chilean painter and diplomat (1854–1931) Self-portrait (date unknown)
Michael Pearce (born 1965) is an English , California -based figurative painter and author. This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia . ( August 2022 ) English painter Traveler, Oil on Canvas by Michael Pearce. Since 1990 Pearce has lived in California, whe
Dirk van der Burg (10 August 1721 – 2 July 1773), was a Dutch 18th century artist, landscape painter and watercolourist. [1] [2] Dutch painter Not to be confused with Dirk van den Berg , Dirk van der Berg , or Dirk van der Borg . Dirk van der Burg Born 10 August 1721 Utrecht , Netherlands Died 2 Jun
Marjorie Welish ( / ˈ w ɛ l ɪ ʃ / WELL -ish ; born June 2, 1944) is an American poet , artist, and art critic. [1] American poet and artist Welish is a graduate of Columbia University and received her M.F.A. degree from Vermont College and Norwich University . She also studied at the Art Students Le
#8 Émile Munier
Émile Munier (2 June 1840 – 29 June 1895) was a French academic artist and student of William-Adolphe Bouguereau . French painter Émile Munier Émile Munier c.1893 Born ( 1840-06-02 ) 2 June 1840 Paris , France Died 29 June 1895 (1895-06-29) (aged 55) Paris , France Nationality French Known for P
#9 Sonia Lawson
Sonia Lawson RA RWS RWA (born 2 June 1934) [1] is an English contemporary artist born in North Yorkshire . English painter Sonia Lawson at the opening of her exhibition, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
#10 Ann Mikolowski
Ann Margaret (Stroman) Mikolowski (May 16, 1940 – August 6, 1999) was a twentieth-century American contemporary artist . She was a painter of portrait miniatures and waterscapes , as well as a printmaker and illustrator of printed matter ( small press , commercial). Mikolowski was part of Detroit's
#11 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'
#12 Yustyn Pigulyak
Yustyn Hrihorovych Pigulyak (Ukrainian: Юстин Григорович Пігуляк; 2 June 1845, Mamaivtsi , Chernivtsi Raion - 2 June 1919, Chernivtsi ) was a Ukrainian painter, portraitist and public figure in Bukovina . [1] Self-portrait (1885) Memories of Ukraine
Alexander van Papenhoven ( Antwerp , 14 July 1668 – Antwerp, 15 February 1759) was a Flemish sculptor, architect and art educator, who is best known for the church furniture which he made for the principal churches in Flanders. [1] He worked mainly in Antwerp, but early in his career he was also act
George Henry Bogert (February 6, 1864 – December 13, 1944) was an American landscape painter . American painter George Henry Bogert Born ( 1864-02-06 ) February 6, 1864 New York City Died December 13, 1944 (1944-12-13) (aged 80) New York City Nationality American Education National Academy of Desi
#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 Han van Meegeren
Henricus Antonius " Han " van Meegeren ( Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikʏs ɑnˈtoːnijəs ˈɦɑɱ vɑˈmeːɣərə(n)] ; 10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) [1] was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. [2] Van Meegeren became a national hero after
Zwelethu Mthethwa (born 1960) is a South African painter and photographer. He was convicted of murder in 2017, and is currently incarcerated at Pollsmoor Prison . [1] South African painter and photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa Born 1960 Durban , South Africa Nationality South African Education Michaeli
Jacques Auguste Regnier , sometimes given as Auguste Jacques (26 August 1787, Paris - 2 June 1860, Paris) was a French artist who painted in the Romantic style. He also helped introduce the Troubadour style and was heavily influenced by English literature . French painter This article needs addition
#19 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia ( Russian : О́льга Алекса́ндровна ; 13 June [ O.S. 1 June ] 1882 – 24 November 1960) was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and younger sister of Emperor Nicholas II . Last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia For other people with the sam
#20 Edward Penfield
Edward Penfield (June 2, 1866 – February 8, 1925) [1] was an American illustrator in the era known as the "Golden Age of American Illustration" and he is considered the father of the American poster. His work has been included in almost every major book on American Illustration or the history of the
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
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is the region's primary resource for culture and visual arts. It is located in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building in Salt Lake City, Utah on the University of Utah campus near Rice-Eccles Stadium . Works of art are displayed on a rotating basis. It is a uni
The Bucerius Kunst Forum is an international exhibition centre in Hamburg , Germany, founded in 2002 through the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius foundation. It is named after Gerd Bucerius and his wife, and located directly beside the Hamburg Rathaus . The exhibition centre shows 3 - 4 exhibi
#5 National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria , popularly known as the NGV , is an art museum in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. Art museum in Melbourne, Australia National Gallery of Victoria NGV International on St Kilda Road in Southbank
#6 MUDAM
The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art ( French : Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean ), abbreviated to Mudam , is a museum of modern art in Luxembourg City , in southern Luxembourg . The museum stands on the site of the old Fort Thüngen , on the southwestern edge of the Kirchberg-plateau , in clos
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 Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ( French : Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique , Dutch : Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België ) are a group of art museums in Brussels , Belgium. They include six museums: the Oldmasters Museum , the Magritte Museum , the Fin-de-Siècle Museu
Revue virtuelle (1992–1996) was an exhibition project for early new media , virtual art technologies, computer graphics , virtual reality , hypermedia and digital art projects that was housed in the Musée National d'Art Moderne , Centre Pompidou from1992 to 1996. [1] This article has multiple issues
#10 National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia ( NGA ), formerly the Australian National Gallery , is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory , it was established i
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
#12 Koffler Centre of the Arts
The Koffler Centre of the Arts is a broad-based cultural institution established in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler and based at Artscape Youngplace in the West Queen West area of downtown Toronto , Ontario . [1] Koffler Centre of the Arts Location of the Koffler in Toronto Established 1977 Loca
#13 International Museum of Art & Science
The International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) is a museum located in McAllen, Texas . It is dedicated to exhibiting Latin American art, as well as educating visitors about science. Its exhibits include antique stained glass, images from the Hubble Space Telescope , and the Discovery Pavilion, an
#14 Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum is a Dutch art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in the Museum Square in Amsterdam South , close to the Stedelijk Museum , the Rijksmuseum , and the Concertgebouw . [7] The museum opened on 2 June 1973, [1] and its buildings were designed by
#15 North Carolina Museum of Art
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is an art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina . It opened in 1956 as the first major museum collection in the country to be formed by state legislation and funding. [1] Since the initial 1947 appropriation that established its collection, the Museum has continue
The Royal Ontario Museum ( ROM ) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year, making the ROM the most-visited museum in Canada .
#17 Museion (Bozen)
The Museion (from the greek μουσείον, meaning the temple of the muses ) is the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Bozen , in South Tyrol , Italy. [1] Facade of the Museion facing the Talfer River in Bozen It was founded in 1985. [2] Since 2006 it has been managed by the Museion Foundation, fou
The Pinacothèque de Paris ( French: [pinakɔtɛk də paʁi] ) was an art gallery in Paris , France , with exhibition space for temporary exhibitions of artworks. [1] It was owned and run by Modigliani enthusiast Marc Restellini . [2] It closed in 15 February 2016 after going into receivership in Novem
#19 Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner
The Muséum national Jean-Jacques Henner is an art museum dedicated to the works of painter Jean-Jacques Henner (1829–1905), and located in the 17th arrondissement at 43, avenue de Villiers, Paris , France . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sour
David Zwirner Gallery is an American contemporary art gallery owned by David Zwirner . It has four gallery spaces in New York City and one each in London, Hong Kong, and Paris. [1] David Zwirner Gallery Formation 1993 Type Art gallery Location 525 & 533 West 19th Street, New York 537 West 20th Stree
#1 Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square
The Statue of Paul Kruger ( Afrikaans : Krugerstandbeeld ) is a bronze sculpture located in Church Square in Pretoria , South Africa . The statue depicts Paul Kruger , the Boer political and military leader and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900, and four unnamed Boer soldiers
#2 Conversion on the Way to Damascus
The Conversion on the Way to Damascus ( Conversione di San Paolo ) is a work by Caravaggio , painted in 1601 for the Cerasi Chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo , in Rome . Across the chapel is a second Caravaggio depicting the Crucifixion of Saint Peter . On the altar between the two is t
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 Letters of Utrecht ( Dutch : De Letters van Utrecht ) form an endless poem in the stones of a street in the center of the Dutch city of Utrecht . Every Saturday at 13:00, the next letter is hewn into the next cobblestone, [1] with the intent to continue for as long as there are Saturdays. It tak
Reaper ( French : faucheur , lit. ' reaper ' ), Wheat Field with Reaper , or Wheat Field with Reaper and Sun is the title given to each of a series of three oil-on-canvas paintings by Vincent van Gogh of a man reaping a wheat field under a bright early-morning sun. To the artist, the reaper repres
#6 Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina
The statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina is the National Cultural Monument of Slovakia . Divina is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1325. The Statue of St. John of Nepomuk is registere
The Puerta de Alcalá is a Neo-classical gate in the Plaza de la Independencia in Madrid , Spain . Puerta de Alcalá West side, front view Artist Francesco Sabatini Completion date 1778 Medium Granite , limestone Movement Neoclassicism Dimensions 19.50 m × 43.00 m (64.0 ft × 141.08 ft) Des
#8 Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel)
The Assumption of the Virgin ( Italian : L'Assunzione della Vergine ) by Annibale Carracci is the altarpiece of the famous Cerasi Chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome . The large panel painting was created in 1600–1601. [1] The artwork is somewhat overshadowed by the two more famou
#9 Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps
Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps is a painting of Paris' Boulevard Montmartre by Camille Pissarro . Painting by Camille Pissarro Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps Artist Camille Pissarro Year 1896 or 1897 (disputed) Catalogue JP and CD-RS 1171 Medium oil on canvas Dime
#10 Gwenfritz
Gwenfritz is a painted steel abstract stabile, by Alexander Calder . It is located at the National Museum of American History , at 14th Street , and Constitution Avenue , in Washington, D.C. [1] Gwenfritz Artist Alexander Calder Year 1968 Type sculpture Dimensions 1050.0 cm ( 413 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Loc
Vera Katz , also known as Mayor, Vera Katz , [1] is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting Vera Katz created by American artist Bill Bane. Unveiled in 2006, it is located along the Eastbank Esplanade in Portland, Oregon . [2] Katz, a former mayor of the city between 1993 and 2005, [3] supported arts
#12 The Muster Point
The Muster Point is a monumental public sculpture in Newcastle , Australia that commemorates the Newcastle Steelworks of BHP and its workers. The plant closed after 84 years in operation. One former worker estimated that "from 1915 to 1961 over 67,000 people had worked on the site". [1] It was fabri
#13 Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet (Tintoretto)
Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet was a favourite theme of Tintoretto , and there are at least six known works by him on the subject. The scene comes from a passage in John 13 where before the Last Supper Christ washes the feet of his disciples . This passage called for a complex image with many ch
#14 Ferrara Cathedral Organ Case
The Ferrara Cathedral Organ Case was a set of 1469 tempera on canvas paintings by Cosme Tura , originally forming doors for the organ at Ferrara Cathedral but now in the cathedral museum. [1] Originally double-sided, the front and back of each door have now been separated. As originally constructed,
Tornado over Kansas , or simply The Tornado , is a 1929 oil-on-canvas painting by the American Regionalist painter John Steuart Curry . It depicts a dramatic scene in which a family races for shelter as a tornado approaches their farm, and has compositional connections to Curry's earlier 1928 painti
#16 Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Caravaggio)
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Italian: Crocifissione di san Pietro ) is a work by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio , painted in 1601 for the Cerasi Chapel of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome . Across the chapel is a second Caravaggio work depicting the Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damasc
#17 Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial
The Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial is a bronze and steel Holocaust memorial installed on the Ohio Statehouse grounds, in Columbus, Ohio , United States. It was unveiled by Governor John Kasich and architect Daniel Libeskind on June 2, 2014. [1] [2] Memorial in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Ohio Holoc
#1 Émile Mâle
Émile Mâle ( French: [emil mɑl] ; 2 June 1862 – 6 October 1954) was a French art historian , one of the first to study medieval , mostly sacral French art and the influence of Eastern European iconography thereon. He was a member of the Académie française , and a director of the Académie de France
William Hayes Ackland (born William H. Acklen, September 6, 1855 – February 16, 1940) was an American lawyer, writer, and art collector from Nashville, Tennessee. He lived most of his life away from Tennessee, in Washington, DC, and various social spots, traveling to England annually for its social
Tricia Collins is an American art critic , art gallerist and curator of contemporary art. She was half of the curatorial team Collins & Milazzo , with Richard Milazzo , who together co-published and co-edited Effects : Magazine for New Art Theory from 1982 to 1984. [1] She later ran the art galler
Robert Alwyn Petrie Hewison (born 2 June 1943) [1] is a British cultural historian . British art historian This article is about the cultural historian. For the football manager, see Bob Hewison . Robert Hewison, 2014 He was educated at Bedford School , Ravensbourne College of Art and Design , and B
#5 Józef Kremer
Józef Kremer (February 22, 1806, Kraków - June 2, 1875 Kraków), was a Polish historian of art , a philosopher, an aesthetician and a psychologist . Józef Kremer
Clemens Jöckle (15 April 1950 – 2 June 2014) was a German art historian . From 2001 to 2012, he was the director of the Städtische Galerie Speyer. German art historian
#7 Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem
Marguerite Augusta Gautier-van Berchem (born Marguerite Augusta Berthout van Berchem ; 11 April 1892 – 23 January 1984) was a Swiss archaeologist and art historian from a patrician family , who specialised both in early Christian art and early Islamic art . She was also an active member of the Inter
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
Vladimir Semenovich Kemenov (Russian: Владимир Семёнович Кеменов; 20 May 1908 – 14 June 1988) was a Soviet art historian and statesmen who headed the VOKS for the USSR in the 1940s. [1] [2] [3] [4] Soviet art historian and statesmen
#10 Kimberly Drew
Kimberly Drew is an American art influencer and writer . She is best known as the former social media manager for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and her use of the social media handle MuseumMammy. Drew released her first book, This Is What I Know About Art in June 2020, [1] [2] [3] as part of a chil
#11 Dyani White Hawk
Dyani White Hawk (full name Dyani White Hawk Polk ) (born 1976) is a contemporary artist and curator of Sicangu Lakota , German , and Welsh ancestry based out of Minnesota. [1] From 2010 to 2015, White Hawk was a curator for the Minneapolis gallery All My Relations . [2] As an artist, White Hawk's w
#12 Timothy Binkley
Timothy Binkley (born Timothy Glenn Binkley on September 14, 1943 in Baltimore , MD), is an American philosopher , artist , and teacher , known for his radical [1] writings about conceptual art and aesthetics , as well as several essays that help define computer art . [2] [3] [4] He is also known fo
Dr Nima Poovaya-Smith OBE is a museum curator, art historian and writer. She is known for her work on transcultural and post-colonial South Asian museum collections in Bradford . Museum curator, art historian and writer Nima Poovaya-Smith OBE Born 1953 (age 68 – 69) [1] Nationality British and Ind
Abigail Solomon-Godeau (born January 6, 1948, in New York City , New York, U.S.A.) is an American art critic, exhibition curator and art historian. [1] American art critic and historian
#15 Françoise Henry
Françoise Henry (16 June 1902 – 10 February 1982) was a scholar of early Irish art, archaeologist, and art historian. While at University College Dublin (UCD), she founded the Department of History of European Painting in 1965, and was head until she retired in 1974. [1] [2] Art historian Françoise
#16 Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda ( 池田 大作 , Ikeda Daisaku , born 2 January 1928) is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate. [2] [3] [4] He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai , the largest of Japan's new religious movements . [5] :
#17 Raissa Calza
Raissa Samojlovna Calza (née Gourevitch ; 15 December 1894 – 24 January 1979) was a Ukrainian dancer who became a prominent classical archaeologist of Roman portraiture. When she was young, she fled to Italy and France following the Russian revolution . Ukrainian archaeologist of Ostia Antica, bal
#18 Mary Telfair
Mary Telfair (January 28, 1791 – June 2, 1875) [1] was an art collector, philanthropist and prominent citizen of Savannah , Georgia , United States. She bequeathed the foundation of the city's Telfair Museums , the first art museum of the American South , which has been in operation since 1886. [2]
#19 Irving Sandler
Irving Sandler (July 22, 1925 – June 2, 2018) was an American art critic, art historian, and educator. He provided numerous first hand accounts of American art, beginning with abstract expressionism in the 1950s. He also managed the Tanager Gallery downtown and co-ordinated the New York Artists Club
#1 Garibaldi Monument in Taganrog
A monument of Italian general and nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi , one of the leaders of Italian unification , is located in Taganrog , one of the largest ports in Russia. Built in 1961, the monument commemorates Garibaldi’s visit to Taganrog in April 1833, and it celebrates the friendship between I
#2 Washington Monument (Baltimore)
The Washington Monument is the centerpiece of intersecting Mount Vernon Place and Washington Place, an urban square in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood north of downtown Baltimore , Maryland . It was the first major monument begun to honor George Washington (1732–1799). Monument in Baltimore,
#3 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
#4 Jane Austen
Jane Austen ( / ˈ ɒ s t ɪ n , ˈ ɔː s -/ ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on
The Bambino Gesu of Arenzano locally known as Il Grande Piccinino (Lit: Child Jesus of Arenzano, the Great Little Child) is a Roman Catholic devotional image depicting the Child Jesus venerated by the Genoese faithful. [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2016 ) B
John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard , Cambridge, Massachu setts honoring clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose deathbed [2] bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachu setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it
Appomattox is a bronze statue commemorating soldiers from Alexandria, Virginia , who had died while fighting for the Confederacy during the American Civil War . The memorial was located in the center of the intersection of South Washington Street ( Virginia Route 400 ) and Prince Street in the Old T
#8 Monument to Alexander II (Moscow)
The Monument to Alexander II , officially called the Monument to Emperor Alexander II, the Liberator Tsar , is a memorial of Emperor Alexander II of Russia , situated in the immediate surroundings of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow . Completed in 2005 and partly inspired by a destroyed
The Colossus of Constantine ( Italian : Statua Colossale di Costantino I ) was a many times life-size acrolithic early-4th-century statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine the Great ( c. 280 – 337), commissioned by himself, which originally occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius o
Frederick Keep Monument is a public artwork by American artist James Earle Fraser , located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. , United States . "Frederick Keep Monument" was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993. This sculpture rests at the
#11 Dillon Memorial
The Dillon Memorial is a historic structure located in LeClaire Park , near downtown Davenport, Iowa , United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1983 and on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1993. It is commonly referred to as the Dillon Founta
The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston , Massachusetts , which was among the first major battles between the Red Coats and Patriots in the American Revolutionary War . The 221-foot (67 m) granite obelisk was erected between 1825 and 1843 in
#13 Goddess of Democracy (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong's Goddess of Democracy is a 6.4-metre faux bronze statue sculpted by Chen Weiming , inspired by the original 10-metre tall Goddess of Democracy . The original foam and papier-mâché statue was erected by the Chinese pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square at the end of May 1989, and dest
#14 Buddha Statue of Hyderabad
The Buddha Statue of Hyderabad is a monolith located in India . It is the world's tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha , erected on Gibraltar Rock in the middle of Hussain Sagar . Historic site in Telangana, India Buddha Statue of Hyderabad Standing Buddha in abhay mudra Location Hussain Sagar , Hyder
Madonna of the Trail is a series of 12 identical monuments dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States . The monuments were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). They were installed in each of the 12 states along the National Old Tr
#16 Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Hodgenville, Kentucky)
The Abraham Lincoln Statue is a historic statue in the Hodgenville Commercial Historic District's public square in Hodgenville, Kentucky . Adolph Alexander Weinman sculpted the statue, as he also did the Lincoln statue at the capitol rotunda at Frankfort, Kentucky . [2] [3] The Abraham Lincoln Birth
The World War II Memorial is a national memorial in the United States [1] [2] dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II . It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. . National memorial in Washington, D.C., US For other uses, see World War
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
#19 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me
#20 Silent Sam
The Confederate Monument, University of North Carolina , commonly known as Silent Sam , is a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier by Canadian sculptor John A. Wilson , which once stood on McCorkle Place of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) from 1913 until it was pulled down by