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David

“David” is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 5.17 meter (17 feet) marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favored subject in the art of Florence. Originally commissioned as one of a series to be positioned high up on the facade of Florence Cathedral, the statue was instead placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo Della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September, 1504. Because of the nature of the hero that it represented, it soon came to symbolize the defense of civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici family. The eyes of David, with a warning glare, were turned towards Rome. The statue was moved to the Academia Gallery in Florence in 1873, and later replaced at the original location by a replica.

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Venus de Milo

The Venus de Milo sculpture was created sometime between 100 and 130 B.C. it is believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans) the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high. Its arms and original plinth have been lost. From an inscription that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch; it was earlier mistakenly attributed to the master sculptor Praxiteles. It is at present on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Amazingly, the statue was discovered accidentally in a farmer’s field.

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The Thinker

Also from Auguste Rodin, is the famous sculpture “The Thinker.” Originally named The Poet, the piece was part of a commission by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris to create a monumental portal to act as the door of the museum. Rodin based his theme on The Divine Comedy of Dante and entitled the portal The Gates of Hell. Each of the statues in the piece represented one of the main characters in the epic poem. The Thinker was originally meant to depict Dante in front of the Gates of Hell, pondering his great poem. (In the final sculpture, a miniature of the statue sits atop the gates, pondering the hellish fate of those beneath him.) The sculpture is nude, as Rodin wanted a heroic figure in the tradition of Michelangelo, to represent intellect as well as poetry. 2

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Pieta

Created by Michelangelo (1475-1564), the Pieta depicts the Virgin Mary holding her only son, Jesus Christ, in her arms. Prior to sculpting the Pieta, Michelangelo was not a very known artist. He was only in his early twenties when he was told, in 1498, to do a life sized sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding her son in her arms. In about two years, from a single slab of marble, Michelangelo created one of the most beautiful sculptures ever. 3

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Lady Justice

The Lady Justice Sculpture is one of the greatest known sculptures in the world. This statue is not attributed to any one artist, but the fact that it adorns so many courthouses in the world has made it one of the more popular sculptures. This sculpture goes by many names, including Scales of Justice and Blind Justice, but is most comLady Justice
The Lady Justice Sculpture is one of the greatest known sculptures in the world. This statue is not attributed to any one artist, but the fact that it adorns so many courthouses in the world has made it one of the more popular sculptures. This sculpture goes by many names, including Scales of Justice and Blind Justice, but is most commonly known as Lady Justice. The statue dates all the way back to ancient Greek and Roman times as the Goddess of justice and law.

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Hermes and The Infant Dionysus

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, also known as the Hermes of Praxiteles or the Hermes of Olympus, is an ancient Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus, discovered in 1877, in the ruins of the Temple of Hera at Olympia. It is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. It is traditionally attributed to Praxiteles and dated to the 4th century BC, based on a remark by the 2nd century Greek traveler Pausanias, and has made a major contribution to the definition of Praxitelean style. Its attribution is, however, the object of fierce controversy among art historians.
The sculpture is unlikely to have been one of Praxiteles’ famous works, as no ancient replicas of it have been identified. The documentary evidence associating the work with Praxiteles is based on a passing mention by the second-century AD traveler Pausanias.

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The Kiss

The Kiss is an 1889 marble sculpture by the French sculptor, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). This sculpture has a interesting story to it. it depicts the 13th-century Italian noblewoman immortalized in Dante’s Inferno, who falls in love with her husband, Giovanni Malatesta’s, younger brother Paolo. Having fallen in love while reading the story of Lancelot and Guinevere, the couple are discovered and killed by Francesca’s husband. In the sculpture, the book can be seen in Paolo’s hand. The lover’s lips do not actually touch in the sculpture to suggest that they were interrupted, and met their demise without their lips ever having touched. When critics first saw the sculpture in 1887, they suggested the less specific title Le Baiser (The Kiss).

The Discus Thrower

The Discus Thrower, or the Discobolus, is a famous lost Greek bronze original. The sculpture of it is still unknown. The Discobolus was completed towards the end of the severe period (460-450 BC). It is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble, such as the first to be recovered, the Palombara Discopolus, or smaller scaled versions in bronze. As always in Greek athletics, the Discus Thrower is completely nude.

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Savannah Bird Girl Statue

The sculpture, known as the Bird Girl, was created in 1936, by sculptress Sylvia Shaw Judson (1897-1978) in Lake Forest, Illinois. It achieved fame when it was featured on the cover of the 1994 novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It was sculpted at Ragdale, the summer home of her family. Bird Girl is cast in bronze and stands 50 inches tall. She is the image of a young girl wearing a simple dress and a sad or contemplative expression, with her head tilted to the left. She stands straight, her elbows propped against her waist as she holds up two bowls out from her sides. The bowls are often described by viewers as “bird feeders.”

10) Bronze David


Made in the the 1440’s, by Donatello (1386-1466), Bronze David is one of the most famous sculptures today. It is notable as the first unsupported standing work in bronze cast during the Renaissance period, and the first freestanding nude male sculpture made since antiquity. It depicts the young David with an enigmatic smile, posed with his foot on Goliath’s severed head just after killing the giant. The youth is standing naked, apart from a laurel-topped hat and boots, bearing the sword of Goliath. There is also much speculation as to when it was built. Suggested dates vary from the 1420s to the 1460s, although the exact date is not known.

Over many centuries, great artists have provided humanity with incredible things. One of those incredible things is the art of sculpting. Continue reading to learn about these absolutely astounding works of art.

This list of the world's greatest sculpture encompasses works by the greatest sculptors in the history of sculpture.

It features masterpieces of early civilization.

http://listverse.com/2010/12/14/top-10-greatest-sculptures/

She has a point

DonEffiong:
why are they taking the girl to the hospital as if she was forced or drug?
if the man said she has been doing it for months then that girl should be ask and confirm if it true
maybe she did it out of her own free will and both should be given their measured dose of punishment
not acting as if the man charm the girl into the act

OP change the topic from rape to something else
it doesn't represent the message

You are ignorant.

faith551:
It's his money and he has the right to do whatever he wants with it, when he was suffering I dnt think anybody talking shit about his actions knew him. Every body in Nigeria is now an EFFCC official

If he worked for it, he wouldn't waste it. No sane man throws the product of his sweat on the floor. He and ppl like you are the reason why the whites think we have no functional brains.

The hallmark of a fool.

LambanoPeace:
He'll be the very undoing of nairaland... One of us will bug it from him someday...

He's never asked traditionalists why they sprinkle blood on certain streets or trees, or why the chant what they chant...

Leave him be.

You are bitter
You are dangerous
Too bad, your faith hasn't done much to better your person. Too bad.

Nice one. But I think such a project should have been sited in Aba, being the most economically viable city in the state.

modath:
Whoever Atiku's media strategist (s) is/are, s/he/they should be fired with immediate effect, cos this just dropped him lower than where he has always been.. The aim of this interview if i can hazard a guess was supposed to launder his image but it just did the opposite..

This is a man that has never been known to operate even a pure water factory prior to his public service engagements, still having the guts to rub "status" that the sweat of hardworking Nigerians elevated him to in everybody's faces....

We all know that this is against 2019, we are waiting for you..





See the matter of fact way this model of corruption is saying this, so disgusting!! 00k can't be nothing since he never worked for it, a corrupt and inefficient system threw it into his laps. ANUOFIA , OLORIBURUKU SOMEBODY!!

Haha! What are you saying? Please check Atiku Abubakar's profile. You should have done that before typing this. Anyway, it's never too late. He was already stupendously rich before becoming VP. Get your facts right.

bennyann:
Funny! Please, just tell me You aren't serious ooo.

How do you know something is false, if you have no idea of the real one already?

The word 'false' doesn't exist on its own. It depends on the word 'real'.

For you to say something is fake or false, it means you know there's an 'original' or a 'real' one already.

Simple logic.

The many folktales of the tortoise were all false. Does it mean there were real life events that had the tortoise and other animals talking? Dear friend, some things will only exist in your imagination, and in your imagination alone.

shumuel:
kikiki Lol you cleary know nothing, now let me tell you a lot you don't know, many Hollywood movies are credit to either a prophecy or of a technology.

Fire breathing dragons existed, just because they were used in movie fictions does not mean they don't, many animals are said would soon lose its existence e.g The Tiger and the Lion,, what if that happens and in 300 years later such animals are use in a movie fiction, am sure someone would also say they don't exist, just like we have of the dinosuars.

You cleary also never heard of ''Baba Vanga'', please google it now to be enlightened, her prophecies birthed a lot of movies in Hollywood.

Moreso, just because we have fake products does not mean the originals never existed, infact there can't be a counterfeit if there wasn't an original,, Prophets exist and in various ways too, and yes they do know and speak of the future,, a lot of scientist are prophets but prefare to be called scientist, some prefare to be called psychics or Astrologers others sheyman e.t.c.

I that speak am one and i do see the future but its not as simple as you think, a prophet sees only what God shows and tells, unfortunately many want to be over relevant so they speak the nonsense from their hearts which God had not told them, some its the devil playing tricks with them,,
Now with all authority i say PROPHETS exist because am still alive, except you want to believe am an Autoresponder

This is pathetic

ManTiger:
Very insightful but investors would rather want to patronise the real professionals not an academician.

You are right, but an investor would jump at the opportunity if it was a promising invention, academician or not.

The mother did wrong by leaving a day old baby exposed under the weather. That's wicked and inhuman. The moment the baby is born, it became a neonate, no more a fetus. That is, it has acquired some definite characteristics of a human being which would make it's survival possible. It can feel pain, pleasure, cold, heat and so on.

However, before we crucify the mother let us all remember that there are a couple of things circumstances can make humans do, even against their own better nature. What about the mental status of the mother? Of course, we aren't sure of her sanity. What about possible excruciating social, physical, spiritual or emotional situations that could make raising the child impossible for her? All these do not exonerate her from guilt anyway. She's an offender before the law. I just don't want some sanctimonious judgement givers from having an undeserved field day here today.

Most of all, I wish the innocent baby a speedy and full recovery.

Kudos to you. But building a refinery of a barrel per day isn't something to be excited about. It's not an invention. You haven't introduced anything new.
Moreover, should the government always be the one to assist projects? What happened to selling yourself to private investors who might be willing to partner with you? Expecting the government to come and help expand your capacity is an unfortunate display of shortsightedness. Well done all the same.

Kolewerk!

Welcome back bro. Now we can talk and celebrate Trump. I'm sure your fingers are already itching for your pen.

UrennaNkoli:
The fear of Trump is the beginning of ____________

This guy is nothing less than a dictator who doesn't think before speaking and taking actions. He's not even a seasoned politician. How a sane fellow will cast his vote and future for a personalty like him is even alarming. As far as I'm concerned, he'll go down as the worst president in the history of the US judging from his proposals and all the shakeups he promised before the elections but what can anyone do? Americans just have to leave with it and bear, bear and bear while the world watches.

Hey! Anti Trump campaigner. Have you ever gone down as the best in anything before? Mtcheeew.

majour:
Lols, did you just type that, hahahahahaha, another olodo, alright bro ur right


The communist manifesto centered on the division of classes while the Nazi movement center on the division of races. Ideas are born and interpreted from other ideas, got a full documentary on it tho, maybe I'd send u a link, well u can educate me too sha.

This is your statement, directly implicating Karl Marx in Nazism :

"Hitler is a fucking pig, an evolutionist, brainwashed by the likes of Karl Marx, believing the brown hair blue eyes were superior and Bette than the rest of the world, he also believed the Jews were less evolved than blacks, the dude got "

I have read quite well on Marxism, and nothing bears any resemblance to what Nazism stood for. So, on Karl Marx brainwashing Hitler, I disagree. That propaganda sprang up during the Cold War to discredit Marxism.

[quote author=majour post=50516665]Lols, did you just type that, hahahahahaha, another olodo, alright bro ur right


The communist manifesto centered on the division of classes while the Nazi movement center on the division of races. Ideas are born and interpreted from other ideas, got a full documentary on it tho, maybe I'd send u a link, well u can .

This is your statement, directly implicating Karl Marx in Nazism :

"Hitler is a fucking pig, an evolutionist, brainwashed by the likes of Karl Marx, believing the brown hair blue eyes were superior and Bette than the rest of the world, he also believed the Jews were less evolved than blacks, the dude got "

I have read quite well on Marxism, and nothing bears any resemblance to what Nazism stood for. So, on Karl Marx brainwashing Hitler, I disagree. That propaganda sprang up during the Cold War to discredit Marxism.

majour:
Hitler is a fucking pig, an evolutionist, brainwashed by the likes of Karl Marx, believing the brown hair blue eyes were superior and Bette than the rest of the world, he also believed the Jews were less evolved than blacks, the dude got some lose screw man.

Read mein kamp and you will really hate this man, well either way, the war was needed to shape the world, the agenda of the supreme elites were accomplished.

Hitler's ideology has got nothing to do with Karl Marx. Please, do some reading on this. Thanks.

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigerian (MACBAN) on Saturday said its attention has been drawn to the “unscrupulous action of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State against our members who are bona fide citizens of the country.”

A statement by its spokesman, Baba Othman Ngelzarma, recalled that Fayose on Thursday inaugurated a vigilante group, Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshals (EGEM), popularly called ‘Anti-malu’ “in furtherance of his threat to banish our members from Ekiti State”.

It said Fayose unleashed the marshals “against our members whose herds of cattle had gone to a stream at Agon Bridge on Federal Polytechnic road between the time of 2:00 – 2:30 PM to quench their thirst on Friday 21st October 2016”.

Continuing, the statement sent to DAILY POST reads: “We have been reliably alerted an impeccable source in Ado- Ekiti that the Anti-maul vigilante group shot five cows and carted away with the meat but the herdsman was able to flee with the rest of his cattle.

“We are hereby constrained to implore the federal government through its security agencies to wade into this unprovoked and primitive aggression against our members, before this macabre incident develops into unquenchable inferno involving our members and Ekiti State government.

“No Cattle strayed into anybody’s farmland around that area in question. As such, the actions of the Anti-malu vigilante are not ant only provoking, but capable of creating uncontrollable scenarios whose ramification may go well beyond Ekiti State.

“As far as we know , Ekiti State is not an island of its own , but a State within the federal Republic of Nigeria and while the Governor is permitted to carry out actions geared towards protecting the interest of Ekiti State, such actions should follow the rule of law.

“We deplore this act of brigandage and call on Governor Ayodele Fayose to offer an unreserved apology to MACBAN, and equally set machinery in motion with a view to compensate our members who lost five cows in this primitive adventure.

“That the brutality of the Ekiti Grazing enforcement marshals (popularly known as Anti- malu) on herdsmen is even outside the time stipulated by that law (if the law exists at all).

“The federal overnment should therefore look into the actions and activities of this committee because we cannot fold our hands while the only means of survival of our members is taken away and destroyed.

“MACBAN has instructed victims of this aggression and its members nationwide to exercise maximum restrain while we work towards resolving this unfortunate incident through mature and civilized manners.

MACBAN further sympathized with the government of Kaduna State, Sokapu and entire Kaduna South inhabitants over the recent incident that had claimed so many lives as a result of a discord between our members and communities surrounding Godogodo environ.

“We see this act as an upsolute brutality exhibited by the perpetrators and condemnable in all its ramifications. We call on the security to do all it could to fish out and bring these criminals to book.”

Meanwhile, The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Sokoto State Chapter, Alhaji Muhammadu Magaji, has warned its members not to graze their livestock on farm lands.
http://dailypost.ng/2016/10/22/fayose-playing-fire-miyetti-allah-warns-killing-cows/?utm_source=dlvr.it_dp1&utm_medium=facebook