The re-creation of the 42-foot statue Athena is the focus of the Parthenon just as it was in ancient Greece. The building and the Athena statue are both full-scale replicas of the Athenian originals.

Athena Calderone ... such as a 1930s figurative sculpture and Grecian neoclassical vessels, as well as materials that nod to their history, like textured iron, alabaster, plaster relief, hammered ...

A medallion of General Franco in Salamanca, Spain. Erected in 1879, the statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s Hyde Park bears an inscription that claims Cook “discovered” Australia. But those ...

Less is known about the other statue. "All we know is it was an alabaster statue of a diver and was presented to the baths for the reopening ceremony in 1900," said Mr Scott. "We have no idea what ...

alabaster, plaster relief, hammered silver and gestural oil paintings,” she explained of the curation. Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Pyramid Ice Bucket or Wine Cooler Sculpture. The collection ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Calderone’s inspiration for her downtown Manhattan digs was the Art Deco movement, which she fell ...