An aedicule was originally the architecture of the small shrine, a miniature temple that celebrated thestatueof the deity within.
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Her body is mummified, renderedstatue-like, transformed by the embalmers' skills into an artificial appearance of eternal youth.
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In some sense, the most vivid element is that of the voice which is found to be, as if petrified, turned into astatue.
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But their great men are of a very different sort, and their statues are put up for very different reasons.
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French himself believed that thestatuepossessed ' ' at least individuality.
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The town erected astatueof him and named a street and their new basketball gym after him.
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Conversely, astatueis also about what is forgotten.
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Much the same could be said of the exotic plants in the parks' inevitable conservatories as well as the statues, grottoes, fountains and pavilions.
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The rest of the section further reinforces the gap between the statue's mythology and reality.
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Only the non-architectural finds, such as statues, seals or tablets, which were and are shown in separate rooms, could be rearranged without unjustifiable effort.
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Small objects, such as pots, seals and statues, had a cultural environment in the ancient past.
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Furthermore, when you examine thestatueup close, you immediately recognise i the robust poet immortalised in bronze.
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Once the rain had ceased, red cloaks were placed on the statues in order to invite the sun to return.
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He is thinking with and through his visual and material sources - paintings, prints, statues, magazines, cartoons, drawings, buildings, photographs, and diagrams.
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I am grateful for the inspiration of wise people, vocal players, and moving statues.
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ancient statue
However, when work begins, a fragment of anancientstatueis recovered.
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bronze statue
Thebronzestatueshould be completed about 6 months after the approval of the full scale model.
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colossal statue
Two parts of the brokencolossalstatueare known: the head and an arm.
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