The Smithsonian has a semi-nude statue of George Washington based on a statue of this greatest Greek god
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Horatio Greenough's Near Naked Washington | Boundary Stones ...  May 22, 2013 ... Horatio Greenough's classical George Washington did not get the reception the ... Some monuments are world-famous, some now reside in hidden corners, ... One statue in particular has been all of these things  and more  since it ... in bear images of Helios and an infant Hercules, from Greek mythology.
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George Washington (Greenough) - Wikipedia  Owner, Smithsonian Institution. George Washington (1840) is a massive sculpture by Horatio Greenough commissioned for the ... Horatio Greenough based Enthroned Washington on Phidias' great statue of Zeus Olympios which was one of the ... Many found the sight of a half-naked Washington offensive, even comical.
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Free Flashcards about ART - StudyStack  IN GREEK SCULPTURE THE OTHER BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KOUROI, WHICH ..... THE SMITHSONIAN HAS A SEMI-NUDE STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON BASED ON A STATUE OF THIS GREATEST GREEK GOD, ZEUS.
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Washington DC: National Museum of American History - Green ...  This 11-foot, 4-inch marble statue of George Washington was executed by Horatio ... Greek statue of Zeus, but many Americans found the sight of a half-naked ... of American History (NMAH), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, collects,...
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Landmarks: George Washington Unclothed  Nov 23, 2011 ... "Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up. ... Horatio Greenough's semi-naked statue of George Washington personifying Zeus is on the second floor of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History near ... man, even their revered first president, as a half-naked Greek god.
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FDR in Wheelchair a 'Monument to Freedom' - ABC News  The statue, which sits at the entrance to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Potomac Park, makes apparent what Roosevelt tried to conceal throughout his life...
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Landmarks: Ingrid Bergman and George Washington's Hippopotamus  Aug 9, 2012 ... GW's River Horse ... George & Martha Washington are even said to have watched them ... There's no truth to the "legend" that there were once hippos in the Potomac. ... The hippo has become an unofficial mascot of GWU.
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Statue of Freedom - Wikipedia  The Statue of Freedomalso known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedomis a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford (18141857) that, since 1863, has crowned the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Originally named Freedom ... A monumental statue for the top of the national Capitol appeared in architect...
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jeopardy/2181_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  LESSER-KNOWN NAMES | William Rush's statue of this man in Independence Hall is made of wood, teeth & all | George Washington. right: Darlene. Wrong:.
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Picturing US History - Thomas Crawford, Statue of Freedom, 1855-63  Thomas Crawford's Statue of Freedom (figure 1), the colossal bronze statue atop the U.S. Capitol dome, dominates the Capitol and ... Walter appropriated the well-known iconography of Libertas first codified in eighteenth-century emblem books. ... He recommended that armed Liberty instead wear a helmet, given that...
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National Gallery of Art - Gilbert Stuart: Philadelphia  George Washington(The Athenaeum Portrait), 1796, oil on canvas, Jointly owned ... Painting his portrait was a shrewd business move, for depictions of ... replicas that are identified as the Vaughan type (named for the first owner of one of ... state portraiture, includes objects symbolic of Washington's illustrious military and...
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Obama and his Monkey God Lord Hanuman: Cleaning the ...  Aug 21, 2012 ... In America we have freedom of religion for the purpose of keeping it out of ... Or if President Obama wants to worship the monkey-god Hanuman with a little ..... Bucharest good.5 marks for this one and what about American Samoa? .... Like honestly, we also have an elephant headed god with 4 arms.
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Washington's CrossingAn excerpt for President's Day ... - OUPblog  Feb 17, 2006 ... In the foreground is the heroic gure of George Washington. ... Their dress tells us that they are soldiers from many parts of America, and each of ... It is Washington Crossing the Delaware, painted by Emanuel Leutze in 1850. ... in what some have seen as a nal act of retribution for the American Revolution.
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Farnese Hercules - TheInfoList.com  The enlarged copy was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome ... It depicts a muscular, yet weary, Hercules leaning on his club, which has the skin ... Late Classical Greek bronze version, found at Foligno ... Palazzo Farnese, Rome , where the statue was surrounded by frescoed depictions of the hero's mythical feats that...
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Statue of Freedom - Wikipedia  The Statue of Freedomalso known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedomis a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford (18141857) that, since 1863, has crowned the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. ... Freedom stands atop a cast-iron globe encircled with one of the national mottoes, E pluribus unum.
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The Winged Victory of Samothrace, Muse du Louvre, statue ...  See more about Winged Victory Of Samothrace, Greek Art and Statue. ... winged victory (the goddess nike) muse du louvre, paris ...... Statue of Hermanubis, this is yet another Greek statue that has its roots in Egyptian mythology showing just how ... (35030 BCE),Cynopolis, a place whose Greek name means "city of dogs.
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Ms. Poiesis | eclectica, ephemera and flying along the pavement ...  Aug 25, 2006 ... The Duke of Wellington saw Napoleon naked every day. ... Antonio Canova's nude colossus of Napoleon Bonaparte stands to this ... of David had given a classical authority to revolution, a naked statue ... Caravaggio is the one master of the male body with whom our .... It has not made us more imaginative.
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PAUSANIAS, DESCRIPTION OF GREECE 1.1-16 - Theoi Classical ...  PAUSANIAS was the Greek writer who flourished in the C2nd A.D. His .... of them brazen statues of such as had some title to fame, both men and women. ... On the wall opposite are painted Theseus, Democracy and Demos. .... and within my own time the emperor Hadrian, who was extremely religious in ...... 117-138 A.D.
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Athena  Facts and Information on Greek Goddess Athena  Learn about the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, Athena. ... Athena served as a guardian of Athens, where the Parthenon served as her temple. ... The sacred image of Athena, a wood statue called the Palladium, protected the Trojans as...
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Lincoln Memorial | monument, Washington, District of Columbia ...  Designed by Henry Bacon on a plan similar to that of the Parthenon in Athens, the ... memorial was dedicated before more than 50,000 people on May 30, 1922.
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The Seven Wonders - Ancient History Encyclopedia  Sep 2, 2009 ... The statue depicted the god Zeus seated on his throne, his skin of ... was 40 feet (12 m) tall, designed to inspire awe in the worshippers who ... Minor, took over 120 years to build and only one night to destroy. ... who followed him who disagreed on what was a 'wonder' and what was only of passing interest.