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Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection
When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...
Mystery stone head found under Rome's Via Latina may depict Roman deity
The head, possibly depicting Jupiter, Apollo, Serapis, or a philosopher, was found reused in the Basilica of Santo Stefano.
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‘La Pieta’ will be replaced, says Calbayog diocese
The Diocese of Calbayog in Samar province is replacing the monument honoring the victims of the world’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster which was recently destroyed while the park where it stood ...
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Catbalogan folk cry foul over demolition of Doña Paz victims’ memorial
It was a blatant disrespect to the memory of the thousands of people who died in the 1987 collision between the MV Doña Paz ...
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Diocese of Calbayog: Pieta Park was a ‘public urinal, dumpsite’ before demolition
Residents though are dismayed over the destruction of the park’s La Pieta monument, which was a memorial for victims of the ...
Making a Michelangelo: This studio creates ‘identical’ copies of world-famous sculptures
The SMK in Copenhagen couldn’t move the Italian artist’s sculptures, so it’s showing reproductions in the show “Michelangelo ...
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Paddington vandals 'antithesis' of bear, says judge
Two RAF engineers who broke a Paddington statue have been told by a judge they are the "antithesis" of everything the bear stands for. Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22 and based at RAF ...
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Vandals of Paddington Statue Were ‘Antithesis’ of Beloved Bear, Judge Says
By Michael Levenson It was shortly after 2 a.m. on March 2, the police said, when two members of the British Royal Air Force approached a statue of Paddington Bear, sitting placidly on a park ...