Figure Statue
this alluh god figure. what statue do i use? one that looks dead?
how do i get a statue of my gawd. do i get a pic of a slaughter house production? or a car wreck scene?
can i just draw a good cartoon pic and call it good? the Cu’rack is very conflicting. is to me is it to you?
this for not nonmoozlimz. cos you dont no. only moo’s kno. i want the real scoop.
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Captured Lightning: 2.2 million volt Lichtenberg Figure Sculpture
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Promise Cake Topper by Willow Tree $23.51 “Hold dear the promise of love” with this heartwarming “Promise” cake topper figurine. Beautifully handcarved from the Willow Tree collection by artist Susan Lordi, this piece will make a stunning addition to your wedding cake. *Made of Resin *Measures 9″ tall and weighs 1.1lbs. Brand : One Coast/Lutz – Demdaco See other items from our: Willow Tree Collection Related Bridal People cate… |
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Justice League Batman Mini Maquette Statue $29.95 Batman continues DC Direct’s series of mini-maquettes based on the highly collectible, sold-out 2002 maquette line! The JUSTICE LEAGUE ANIMATED: BATMAN MINI-MAQUETTE is a hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain mini-maquette measuring approximately 6″ tall x 2 1/4″ wide x 1 3/4″ deep and is packaged in a 4-color box. Collect all eight mini-maquettes!… |
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American History for Children Video Series: Immigration to the U.S. [Grades K-4] $49.95 Irene Bedard, the recognized voice of Disney’s Pocahontas, narrates this unprecedented American history series especially with the interests of young children in mind. Each program invites children ages 4-10 to learn about America’s history through the use of large, brightly colored graphics and animations, charming live action portrayals of historic figures, and engaging stories told from a chil… |
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Whisper of the Heart $13.99 Based on a manga by Aoi Hiiragi, the gentle coming-of-age story Whisper of the Heart (1995) was scripted and storyboarded by Hayao Miyazaki, and directed by the late Yoshifumi Kondo. Shizuku Tsukishima is an absent-minded, insecure junior high school student who reads book after book of fairy tales, helps her friends, and does most of her chores, but remains dissatisfied. When she encounters a won… |
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Trilogy of Terror (Special Edition) $11.87 Dan Curtis, the creator and producer of such out-of-the-ordinary TV classics as the willfully offbeat gothic soap opera Dark Shadows and the proto-X-Files series The Night Stalker, remains best known for the Zuni fetish doll that terrorizes Karen Black in Trilogy of Terror. The wild-eyed doll, with its snapping jaws and screeching yells, borders on camp, yet its relentless attacks and single-minde… |
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The Sinbad Collection (7th Voyage / Golden Voyage / Eye of the Tiger) $21.22 A skeleton grabs a sword and slashes viciously at Sinbad. A 9-foot-tall Neanderthal man fights to the death with a saber-toothed tiger. All the while, the boys and girls in the fourth row forget about their popcorn and are hypnotized by the images on the screen. It’s hard to believe so many years have passed since the last Sinbad movie held kids spellbound at Saturday matinees. The movies were nev… |
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10 Laotian Sitting Buddha Statue in Black $25 OFN2551: Features: -Buddha statue.-Figure of the historical Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, sitting in lotus on a traditional triangle pediment.-An amazingly detailed reproduction of an ancient Lao statue, with an authentic looking reproduction of the oxidized surface of the bronze original.-Elegant all black Buddha statue on triangle pediment.-Remarkably detailed reproduction; dappled, oxidized surface.-Sitting in meditation, hand in lap to hold treasured gem or ring.-Great gift for holidays, birthdays, and new beginnings. Construction: -Heavy resin construction. Color/Finish: -Black finish. |
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11 Sitting Lucky Buddha Statue in Dark Faux Bronze $54 OFN2544: Features: -Buddha statue.-Selection of ten remarkably detailed and beautiful renderings of this popular Far East figure.-He is called Hotei in Japanese and Budai in Chinese, and thought to encourage positive Feng Shui of the room where it’s placed.-Large size heavy weight Hotei, Budai, ‘Lucky Buddha’.-Thought to bring positive feng shui to home or business.-Unique and distinctive gift idea for a man or men in your life.-’Lucky Buddha’ statues are thought to bring happy, loving, positive attitudes to home or office. Color/Finish: -Dark faux bronze finish. |
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11 Standing Laughing Buddha Statue $34 OFN2365: Features: -Buddha statue.-Standing with hands above his head, lucky pearl in one hand and ingot of prosperity in other.-Top quality highly detailed cast resin figure.-Standing on his endlessly full never empty bag of plenty.-Simple, elegant and beautiful gift idea.-Face is aglow with joy and robe is wonderfully articulated and decorated.-Bag of plenty looks full and knot is tight. Construction: -Heavy cast resin construction. Color/Finish: -Stunning two tone finish statue of the ”Lucky Buddha”.-Hand finished. |
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11 Thai Sitting Buddha Statue in Faux Wood Grain $34 OFN2555: Features: -Buddha statue. -Faux wood grain finish. -Resin construction. -This is a large, wonderfully decorated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha in classic Thai design. -Part of a selection of reproductions from several venerated East Asian artistic traditions. -The original design was an exceptional wood carving of a seated Buddha figure, eyes closed in deep meditation. -Unique, authentic reproduction of a Thai style Buddha carving. -Beautifully detailed robe with hand painted gold medallions. -Hands posed to hold and display treasured gem, ring, or collectible. -From an outstanding selection of Buddhist Taoist art reproductions. -Statue of a Buddha figure can provide a delightful Far Eastern accent, imparting a warm, contemplative atmosphere to living room, bedroom, office or studio. -Buddha statue is a thoughtful, interesting gift, for holidays, birthdays, housewarming, graduation or new business. |
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17 Large Japanese Sitting Buddha Statue in Rich Burgundy Patina $71 OFN2550: Features: -Buddha statue.-A large, powerful, beautiful statue of Gautama Buddha, the Bodhisattva, with his legs crossed in lotus position, seated in meditation.-Large seated Buddha figure, almost a foot and a half tall.-Part of a series of outstanding Buddha statue reproductions.-Offered at remarkable introductory prices, while supplies last.-There is a large body of knowledge, mathematical and geometric convention devoted to artistic images of the Buddha, in paintings, statues, sculptures, and carvings: Buddharupa.-How wide to set the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, how many hair knots, position of the top knot, proportions of shoulders to knees, and hands to feet.-Once chosen one of these works of fine craftsmanship, for living room, bedroom, or office, enjoy looking at it for years to come. Construction: -Heavy resin construction. Color/Finish: -Rich burgundy patina finish. |
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1859 Works $22.07 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Architects: Ludwig Bohnstedt, Roman Weigelt The Monument to Nicholas I (Russian: ) is a bronze equestrian monument of Nicholas I of Russia on St Isaac’s Square (in front of Saint Isaac’s Cathedral) in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Unveiled on July, 7th 1859, the statue was a technical wonder of its time; it spans six meters and was the first equestrian statue in the world with merely two support points (the rear hoofs of the horse). The Neo-Baroque monument to the Russian ruler Nicholas I was designed by the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand in 1856. HUI When he planned registration Saint Isaac’s Square, have already been finished uniform architectural ensembles of Palace Square (in 1843) and Senate Square (in 1849). Monuments to emperors Peter I and Alexander I were a dominant of these squares. By tradition, de Montferrand also was going to construct on the new area a monument, this monument should unite the buildings of different architectural styles leaving on the area. Kind on Saint Isaac’s Square with Saint Isaac’s Cathedral. In the centre is Monument to Nicholas IAt the personal request of his successor Alexander II, Nicholas was represented as a prancing knight, “in the military outfit in which the late tsar was most majestic”. Around the base are allegorical statues modelled on Nicholas I’s daughters and personifying virtues. The statue faces Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, with the horse’s posterior turned to the Mariinsky Palace of Nicholas’s daughter, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna of Russia. This was said to have caused the Grand Duchess considerable discomfort. The monument to Nicholas I depicts a determined absolutist Russian ruler as a powerful military figure. However, being a junior army officer at heart, Nicholas I was esp… More: |
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19.5 Brown Oriental Figure Resin Serving Monk Man Statue $80.99 URT1669: Features: -Statue.-Material: Resin.-High quality great addition for your home decor.-Made by a process requiring manual skills. Color/Finish: -Brown color. |
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19.5 Brown Oriental Figure Resin Serving Monk Women Statue $80.99 URT1670: Features: -Statue.-Material: Resin.-High quality great addition for your home decor.-Made by a process requiring manual skills. Color/Finish: -Brown color. |
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20 Standing Thai Buddha Statue $61 OFN2360: Features: -Buddha statue.-Detail is outstanding with subtle beautiful face, hands in classic ”mudra”and feet together on classic lotus pediment.-Larger buddha figure over foot and half tall.-Reproduction of classic thai style wood carvings.-Outstanding detail with hand inlaid cut glass decoration.-Skin is beautifully burnished faux wood grain.-Significant height and its remarkable authentically detailed face, robe and pediment. Color/Finish: -Crafted with fine honey color resin. |
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22 Yellow Ceramic Oriental Female Figure Statue in Aging Finish $66.99 URT1648: Features: -Female statue.-Material: Ceramic.-High quality great addition for your home decor.-Made by a process requiring manual skills. Color/Finish: -Yellow color.-Aging finish. |
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23 Yellow Ceramic Oriental Male Figure in Aging Finish $73.99 URT1647: Features: -Male statue.-Material: Ceramic.-High quality great addition for your home decor.-Made by a process requiring manual skills. Color/Finish: -Yellow color.-Aging finish. |
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27 Brown Oriental Figure Resin Standing Monk Statue $81.99 URT1671: Features: -Statue.-Material: Resin.-High quality great addition for your home decor.-Made by a process requiring manual skills. Color/Finish: -Brown color. |
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5 Sitting Happy Buddha Statue in Faux Bronze $25 OFN2546: Features: -Buddha statue.-Great on a desk top, personal shrine, or mantle, the ”Happy Buddha” is thought to bestow prosperity, happiness, and encourage household warmth and affection.-Jovial visage, prayer beads, holding his never empty bag of plenty.-Thought to bring good luck, happiness, wealth, and household warmth.-Laughing Buddha, fat Buddha, prosperity Buddha, lucky Buddha.-Many names for this popular and thoughtful and unique gift idea.-Choose a sitting figure to change luck, to settle in and permanent, choose a standing figure to change luck. Construction: -Heavy resin construction. Color/Finish: -Faux bronze finish.-Image of Hotei in a seated, almost reclining position, holding his prayer beads and bag of plenty, is a beautiful, uplifting decorative accent. |
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8 Sitting Laughing Buddha Statue in Faux Antique Bronze $36 OFN2545: Called Hotei in Japanese and Budai in Chinese, this detailed statue is thought to encourage positive Feng Shui of the room where it’s placed. The laughing Buddha is featured with a bag of plenty under his elbow that is believed to never run out. It s the ideal accent piece to foster good luck, happiness, cheer, and wealth in your space. Features: -Buddha statue. -Faux antique bronze finish. -Called Budai in Chinese, Hotei in Japanese, this happy looking man is thought to have been an actual 10th century Zen Buddhist monk. -He’s believed to have been an unusual, unique Zen figure in that happiness, generosity, and good cheer were central to his teaching. -Large, heavy, substantial version of the Laughing Buddha . -Makes a wonderful gift for business associates, siblings, and parents. -Thought to bring good luck, happiness, cheer, and wealth. -People who have our Laughing Buddha statues love the happy face, the long ear lobes, and big, big, bellies. -But the most important part of a Lucky Buddha statue is the magic bag of plenty under his elbow – It never ever runs out. |
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A Labor of Love: The Life & Art of Vinnie Ream $124.76 VINNIE REAM was a government postal worker and a teenage art prodigy who studied at the U.S. Capitol during the Civil War. She was able to model Abraham Lincoln prior to his assassination in 1865. In 1866, Congress wanted a statue of Lincoln and voted to give the young woman a chance to make the work. Vinnie became the first woman and the youngest artist to receive a U.S. Government commission for a statue. Her tragic true-to-life marble figure of Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda was unveiled in 1871. The work and its artist generated a storm of controversy. Vinnie Ream overcame a campaign of slander and courageously completed the statue despite many obstacles.This book is the true story of that dramatic struggle. It is an attempt to document the life and work of a famous, but forgotten, American woman sculptor. The information it contains came from hundreds of sources and is the end result of many years of study.The book shows the known art of Vinnie Ream in pictures and presents an inventory of her work for the first time. One purpose of this is to challenge the assumption that she was only an artist of secondary importance . It is our hope that her true role in art history can be better determined by this detailed survey.Another purpose of this volume is to tell an accurate version of Vinnie Ream’s life story. It attempts to transcend both the Cinderella and notorious elements written in the past by giving more original and more balanced information. Uncut speeches, debates, news stories and letters have been included where possible to let the characters speak for themselves. It is our hope that this book will stimulate more in-depth study of neglected artists and helpto hoist them out of the abyss of historical obscurity. |
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Ame Comi Batgirl Version 1 Black Suit Variant Figure Statue $45.99 What’s black and yellow and classic all over? It’s Batgirl Bishoujo-ed out with a touch of Ame Comi! This Batgirl Black Suit Variant Statue includes a display base. Designed by Udon Studios. What’s black and yellow and classic all over? It’s Batgirl with a touch of Ame Comi! By popular demand, Batgirl is Bishoujo-ed out as she buzzes with brilliance in her variant costume in traditional colors. Designed by Udon Studios and packaged in a 4-color window box with J-hook, this non-articulated PVC plastic statue stands approximately 8 1/4-inches tall and includes a display base. Ages 14 and up. |
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Ame Comi Catwoman Version 2 Blue Suit Variant Figure Statue $46.99 Catwoman a la Bishoujo! Ame Comi variant statue of the feline fatale in her alternate costume. Here kitty, kitty! Catwoman a la Bishoujo! In a cool-blue suit, Catwoman is on the prowl for the purr-fect diamond. This arresting Ame Comi variant statue of the feline fatale is based on classic colors from the 1960s. Packaged in a 4-color window box with J-hook, the non-articulated PVC sculpture stands approximately 8 1/4-inches tall and includes a display base. Here kitty, kitty! Ages 14 and up. |
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Ame Comi Heroine Hawkgirl Mini Figure $11.99 Heroic Hawkgirl Mini Figure! From Wave 3 of the Ame Comi Heroine Mini Figures line. Features a brand-new sculpt, display base, and 4-color window-box packaging. Power Girl is tiny, but mighty mighty cute, that is! Heroic Hawkgirl Mini Figure! They may be tiny, but they’re mighty mighty cute, that is! The Ame Comi Heroine Mini Figures are here. Supergirl, Power Girl, and Hawkgirl make up the third wave in the super-cute line of mini figures affectionately known as mini-comis. Based on the larger Ame Comi Heroine PVC statue line, these miniature Ame Comi figures are all brand-new sculpts! Packaged in a 4-color window box with J-hook, each non-articulated 5-inch tall PVC mini figure includes a display base. Here, Hawkgirl balances on her mace ready for your collection! Supergirl and Power Girl sold separately. |
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Ame Comi Heroine Power Girl Mini Figure $11.99 Powerful Power Girl Mini Figure! From Wave 3 of the Ame Comi Heroine Mini Figures line. Features a brand-new sculpt, display base, and 4-color window-box packaging. Power Girl is tiny, but mighty mighty cute, that is! Powerful Power Girl Mini Figure! They may be tiny, but they’re mighty mighty cute, that is! The Ame Comi Heroine Mini Figures are here. Supergirl, Power Girl, and Hawkgirl make up the third wave in the super-cute line of mini figures affectionately known as mini-comis. Based on the larger Ame Comi Heroine PVC statue line, these miniature Ame Comi figures are all brand-new sculpts! Packaged in a 4-color window box with J-hook, each non-articulated PVC 5-inch tall mini figure includes a display base. Here, Power Girl strikes a classic anime pose ready for your collection! Supergirl and Hawkgirl sold separately. |
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America’s Prophet: How the Story of Moses Shaped America $0.99 Hailed as one of the most original works of history in years, America’s Prophet reveals how generations of Americans have been inspired by the story of Moses. The pilgrims quoted his story. Franklin and Jefferson proposed he appear on the U.S. seal. Washington and Lincoln were called his incarnations. The Statue of Liberty and Superman were molded in his image. Martin Luther King Jr. invoked him the night before he died. Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama cited him as inspiration. For four hundred years, one figure has inspired more Americans than any other. His name is Moses. Traveling through touchstones in American history, bestselling author Bruce Feiler traces the biblical prophet’s influence from the Mayflower through today. Meticulously researched and highly readable, America’s Prophet is a thrilling, original work of history that will forever change how we view America, our faith, and our future. |
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Ancient Attica: Sounion, Temple of Apollo Zoster, Shuvalov Painter, Cave of Euripides, Agyrrhius, Cave of Archedemos the Nympholept, Ascolia $8.87 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cape Sounion (Modern Greek: A – Akrotírio Soúnio; Ancient Greek: – kron Soúnion; Latin: Sunium promonturium; Venetian: Capo Colonne – “Cape of Columns”) is a promontory located 69 km (43 mi, by road) SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece. Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ruins bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788 – 1824). The site is a popular day-excursion for tourists from Athens, with sunset over the Aegean Sea, as viewed from the ruins, a sought-after spectacle. Theseus slays the Minotaur. Detail from Attic red-figure pelike. ca. 470 BC. From Cerveteri, Italy. Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Bronze statue of deity, prob. Zeus, about to hurl (missing) bolt. Height: 2.1 m. ca. 460 B.C. Found in shipwreck off Cape Artemisium. Athens National Archaeological MuseumAccording to legend, Cape Sounion is the spot where Aegeus, king of Athens, leapt to his death off the cliff, thus giving his name to the Aegean Sea. The story goes that Aegeus, anxiously looking out from Sounion, despaired when he saw a black sail on his son Theseus ‘s ship, returning from Crete. This led him to believe that his son had been killed in his contest with the dreaded Minotaur, a monster that was half man and half bull. The Minotaur was confined by its owner, King Minos of Crete, in a specially designed labyrinth. Every year, the Athenians were forced to send 7 boys and 7 girls to Minos as tribute. These youths were placed in the labyrinth to be devoured by the Minotaur. Theseus had volunteered to go with the third tribute and |
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Angels’ Wings $27.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:IV. textit{The Human Body in its Relation to Art textit{” T?ACH part to the service of the Whole.” -”- Nowhere do we find this principle more completely carried out than in the human Bodyâ?” the healthy human Body; and so the body in some sense provides a key to the understanding of Art. Perhaps we may look upon it as one of the most perfect of art-products. For every part relates itself to some emotion or utterance. The feet are for swiftness, the hands for mastery and skill; the lipsâ?”the eyesâ?”ah ! what do they not convey textit{? the heart, the bowels, the lungs, thrill with feeling; they vibrate and pant and yearn and burn in response to and expression of the lightning-flashes and slow auroral changes of the inner selfâ?”that inner self which is continually emerging, coming nearer to its expressionâ?”like the figure in Michel Angelo’s statue of Day, whose brow and eyes gleam on us from the half-chiselled stone. The body is the sign of what Man has attained to express so far. As the body of Man is more beautiful than that of the Animals, just so far has man reached a fuller self-expression than the animals. To look upon itâ?”the whole body, not the face onlyâ?”and to relate what you see to the inner meanings, to absorb insensibly all its lessons; not to reason too much about the matter, for it escapes analysis, but to gaze and absorb ; is to learn much about Art. And it is not the textit{form only, but the movement; and not the movement only, but every indication or need proceeding from physiological structure. One of the most primitive of the arts is Dancing. It is a language rooted in the body. The savage leaps from the circle of his mates seated on the ground, and dances. It is a |
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Angels’ Wings $22.36 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:IV. textit{The Human Body in its Relation to Art textit{” T?ACH part to the service of the Whole.” -”- Nowhere do we find this principle more completely carried out than in the human Bodyâ?” the healthy human Body; and so the body in some sense provides a key to the understanding of Art. Perhaps we may look upon it as one of the most perfect of art-products. For every part relates itself to some emotion or utterance. The feet are for swiftness, the hands for mastery and skill; the lipsâ?”the eyesâ?”ah ! what do they not convey textit{? the heart, the bowels, the lungs, thrill with feeling; they vibrate and pant and yearn and burn in response to and expression of the lightning-flashes and slow auroral changes of the inner selfâ?”that inner self which is continually emerging, coming nearer to its expressionâ?”like the figure in Michel Angelo’s statue of Day, whose brow and eyes gleam on us from the half-chiselled stone. The body is the sign of what Man has attained to express so far. As the body of Man is more beautiful than that of the Animals, just so far has man reached a fuller self-expression than the animals. To look upon itâ?”the whole body, not the face onlyâ?”and to relate what you see to the inner meanings, to absorb insensibly all its lessons; not to reason too much about the matter, for it escapes analysis, but to gaze and absorb ; is to learn much about Art. And it is not the textit{form only, but the movement; and not the movement only, but every indication or need proceeding from physiological structure. One of the most primitive of the arts is Dancing. It is a language rooted in the body. The savage leaps from the circle of his mates seated on the ground, and dances. It is a |
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Angels’ Wings: A Series of Essays on Art and Life $31.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:IV. textit{The Human Body in its Relation to Art textit{” T?ACH part to the service of the Whole.” -”- Nowhere do we find this principle more completely carried out than in the human Bodyâ?” the healthy human Body; and so the body in some sense provides a key to the understanding of Art. Perhaps we may look upon it as one of the most perfect of art-products. For every part relates itself to some emotion or utterance. The feet are for swiftness, the hands for mastery and skill; the lipsâ?”the eyesâ?”ah ! what do they not convey textit{? the heart, the bowels, the lungs, thrill with feeling; they vibrate and pant and yearn and burn in response to and expression of the lightning-flashes and slow auroral changes of the inner selfâ?”that inner self which is continually emerging, coming nearer to its expressionâ?”like the figure in Michel Angelo’s statue of Day, whose brow and eyes gleam on us from the half-chiselled stone. The body is the sign of what Man has attained to express so far. As the body of Man is more beautiful than that of the Animals, just so far has man reached a fuller self-expression than the animals. To look upon itâ?”the whole body, not the face onlyâ?”and to relate what you see to the inner meanings, to absorb insensibly all its lessons; not to reason too much about the matter, for it escapes analysis, but to gaze and absorb ; is to learn much about Art. And it is not the textit{form only, but the movement; and not the movement only, but every indication or need proceeding from physiological structure. One of the most primitive of the arts is Dancing. It is a language rooted in the body. The savage leaps from the circle of his mates seated on the ground, and dances. It is a |
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Angels’ Wings; A Series Of Essays On Art And Its Relation To Life. With Nine Full-Page Plates $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:IV. textit{The Human Body in its Relation to Art textit{” T?ACH part to the service of the Whole.” -”- Nowhere do we find this principle more completely carried out than in the human Bodyâ?” the healthy human Body; and so the body in some sense provides a key to the understanding of Art. Perhaps we may look upon it as one of the most perfect of art-products. For every part relates itself to some emotion or utterance. The feet are for swiftness, the hands for mastery and skill; the lipsâ?”the eyesâ?”ah ! what do they not convey textit{? the heart, the bowels, the lungs, thrill with feeling; they vibrate and pant and yearn and burn in response to and expression of the lightning-flashes and slow auroral changes of the inner selfâ?”that inner self which is continually emerging, coming nearer to its expressionâ?”like the figure in Michel Angelo’s statue of Day, whose brow and eyes gleam on us from the half-chiselled stone. The body is the sign of what Man has attained to express so far. As the body of Man is more beautiful than that of the Animals, just so far has man reached a fuller self-expression than the animals. To look upon itâ?”the whole body, not the face onlyâ?”and to relate what you see to the inner meanings, to absorb insensibly all its lessons; not to reason too much about the matter, for it escapes analysis, but to gaze and absorb ; is to learn much about Art. And it is not the textit{form only, but the movement; and not the movement only, but every indication or need proceeding from physiological structure. One of the most primitive of the arts is Dancing. It is a language rooted in the body. The savage leaps from the circle of his mates seated on the ground, and dances. It is a |
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Aphrodite: A Play $11.95 THE APHRODITE OF MELOS (VENUS DE MILO), THE LARGE MARBLE STATUE OF THE GODDESS OF LOVE, CARVED IN THE 1ST OR 2ND CENTURY B.C., NOW IN THE LOUVRE, HAS BEEN THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN THE WORLD SINCE SHE WAS DUG UP IN GREECE IN 1820.Ben Hastings, an American art history professor, thinks she holds deep secrets that he can discover if he lives alone with a full-sized copy of the statue.But three women won’t let him alone. Helen, his wife; Silvia, a curvaceous young blonde; and Xenia, a dark-haired woman with a mysterious past, try to divert him from his obsession with Aphrodite and possess him for themselves.Do they succeed? Or does the power of the goddess prevail? Ben considers her to be the essence of woman, but she is replete with contradictions: whore or nurturing mother; a fragmented figure that yet forms a magnificent work of art; an iconic female but carved by a man.Although fast-paced and comical in tone, the play investigates many of the issues pondered by the ancient Greeks: the ideal vs. the real; sacred vs. profane love; one vs. many (which is more fundamental?).Is woman forever to be a mystery? Is the truth knowable? Are there some things we should not know? Read the play and decide if Ben finds out what he is searching for. |
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Athenian Myths and Festivals: Aglauros, Erechtheus, Plynteria, Panathenaia, Dionysia $150 Moving out from a particular problem about a particular Athenian festival, the late Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood investigates central questions concerning Athenian festivals and the myths that underlay them. She studies the role played at festivals by hereditary religious associations, showing how simple actions of undressing, veiling, bathing, and re-dressing a statue created a symbolic drama of abnormality, reversion to primeval time, and renewal for the Athenians. Sourvinou-Inwood also offers a reading of the ever controversial Parthenon frieze. Her book, brought to completion by Robert Parker, displays all the attention to detail and the concern for methodological rigour that have made her an iconic figure among students of Greek religion. |
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Avatar Figure Bust Neytiri Mini Bust $69.99 Na’vi warrior maiden from James Cameron’s Avatar. Statue of Neytiri created from the film’s actual 3-D models! Hand painted with florescent paint. Don’t say no to Neytiri! In James Cameron’s blockbuster movie Avatar, Neytiri is one of Pandora’s proud people, and a featured character. Cast in high-quality polystone and created from the film’s actual 3-D models, the Na’vi warrior maiden is hand painted with florescent paint to give off an eerie luminescence. The mini bust measures approximately 9-inches wide x 7 1/2-inches tall, with a 3 1/2-inch diameter base. This strictly limited edition collectible comes numbered, complete with a matching certificate of authenticity. Limited edition of only 2,750 pieces. Don’t say no to Neytiri! Avatar is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival. In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet Alpha Centauri B-4, but those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as Pandora. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing life forms, it’s also a world that harbors treasures and resources almost beyond price. But just as the original Pandora’s Box wrought devastation on those who would use it for their own gain, so too this world may destroy not just the Pandoran’s home, but ours as well. |
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Awakenings $5.6 Two princes, one throne; a sleeping beauty, a living statue and a land enslaved.On the eve of his brother’s coronation, Prince Joringel sets off to wake Princess Talia of Aphrodisias from her magical slumber and become her King.But Jorinda, fair of face and figure, steals Joringel’s heart-and a wicked witch steals Jorinda . Joringel’s only hope to rescue her is his brother, Khalid, for together they must carnally reawaken Princess Talia before Jorinda may go free.Will their swords be up to the task? |
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Bakemonogatari Anime Figure Kanbaru Suruga Statue $59.99 Kanbaru Suruga Statue sculpted by Hirotoshi Nakamura. Unique anime figure from the smash-hit series Bakemonogatari. Comes with two different left arms– bandaged and monkey paw. Kanbaru Suruga is playing hoops with two basketballs! Enjoy a ball-dribbling clinic with Kanbaru! From the smash-hit anime series Bakemonogatari, comes the third in a series of statues from Kotobukiya, the basketball-playing lesbian Kanbaru Suruga! Practicing her moves, Kanbaru is seemingly frozen in the midst of a complicated exercise involving two basketballs. Bent at the waist and looking back at you with a smile, the charming girl holds one ball behind her while bouncing the other one between her legs. Kanbaru is bright and colorful with a pink-and-red shirt, gray skort (half skirt, half shorts), and red, gray, and white basketball shoes. She comes with two different left arms (bandaged and monkey paw ) that offset her innocent beauty. Sculpted by Hirotoshi Nakamura, this Kanbaru Suruga Statue stands just over 6-inches tall (1:8 scale) on a specially designed display base that also captures her second basketball in mid-air. Enjoy a ball-dribbling clinic with Kanbaru! Originally on the track team, Kanbaru attempted to use what she thought was a mystical monkey’s paw to wish herself faster. A demon in disguise, the arm grafted itself to the girl’s body, and she must learn to live with its presence. |
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Batman Ame Comi Batgirl Heroine Mini Figure $13.99 Here comes the Batgirl Ame Comi mini figure! A touch of anime, shrunken down to detailed proportions! From the popular Ame Comi line! Batgirl may be tiny, but she is mighty? mighty cute, that is! Based on the larger Ame-Comi Heroine statue line, this Batgirl miniature Ame-Comi figure features a different sculpt! Batgirl cuddles a squishable baby bat toy. Stands 5-inches tall. |
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Batman Ame Comi Poison Ivy Heroine Mini Figure $14.99 She’s your Poison Ivy Ame Comi Mini Figure! Enticing eco-terrorist, with a touch of anime. Based on the larger Ame Comi Heroine statue line. Poison Ivy will charm you! This Poison Ivy figure may be small, but she’s mighty? mighty cute, that is! Based on the larger Ame Comi Heroine statue line, this Poison Ivy Ame Comi Mini Figure features a different sculpt. Cute and tantalizing, the enticing eco-terrorist charms a serpentine vine as she stands 5-inches tall. She’ll charm you, too! |
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Batman Cover Girls of the DC Universe Harley Quinn Statue $99.99 She’s Mr. J’s gal! Statue of the Joker’s love, Harley Quinn, based on the Batman franchise. Designs by acclaimed artist Adam Hughes. Hand painted and cold cast in porcelain. Add Harley to your Cover Girls collection! She’s Mr. J’s gal! From the Batman franchise, the Joker’s love Harley Quinn is the latest statue to join the insanely popular Cover Girls of the DC Universe statue series! Due to the overwhelming success of this series, DC Direct specially commissioned fan-favorite artist Adam Hughes to design this figure. Harley is posed wearing her trademark harlequin outfit and is holding an oversized mallet. Hand painted, cold cast in porcelain, and measuring approximately 9 1/2-inches tall x 5 1/2-inches wide x 4 1/4-inches long, this piece includes a 4-color certificate of authenticity and is packaged in a 4-color box. Limited edition of 8,000 pieces. Make her your gal today! |
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Belle Kinney Scholz $45 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Belle Marshall Kinney (1890-1959) was a Euro- American sculptor, born in Tennessee, worked and died in New York state. In 1897, at age 7, she won first prize at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition for a bust of her father. In 1905, at age 15, she was awarded a scholarship to study at the Art Institute of Chicago. At age 17 (1907), she received her first commission to sculpt the statue of Jere Baxter, organizer of the Tennessee Central Railway. In 1921 Kinney married Austrian-born sculptor Leopold Scholz (1877-1946), and with him completed several other works, including the Victory statue in the War Memorial Building court at Legislative Plaza, Nashville (1929) and the bronze figure of Victory for the World War I Memorial in Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York City (1933). |
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Benzara 35286 Dancers Statue Aluminum $60.4 The dancer s statue in aluminum is an innovative interior decor for your home. It has a solid design featuring five dancers in different postures. The aluminum dancing figures are joined with one another with three dancers fixed on the platform that is made of heavy metal. The statue has a polished silver tone. The aluminum platform is mounted on another metal platform with dark tone. The aluminum dancers statue measures 24 inch in width 14 inch in height and 2 inch in depth. It can be placed on an accent table in your living room or a cupboard in your bedroom. The dancing figures are cut with precision so they look elegant. It s a great interior decor for your modern home. The aluminum figure does not lose its sheen so this dancer s statue will remain in your home the entire lifetime and the generations after. Add this beautiful gymnastic figure in aluminum to your cart and wait for the celebrations. Size: 24 W x 14 H. |
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Benzara 35287 Aluminum Gymnastic Figure $43.89 This aluminum gymnastic statue is a mesmerizing interior decor item for your home. Featuring three gymnastic figures in aluminum this home accent product makes the best seller in our collection of holiday gift items. The aluminum gymnastic statue measures 21 inch in height 12 inch in width and 4 inch in depth. The three gymnasts together create a marvelous acrobatic formation. The two gymnasts at the bottom are connected to a ring fixed on a metal platform. The shiny aluminum gymnastic statue can be mounted on the table in your living room. Else display it in your showcase where you welcome your guests. Indeed this aluminum gymnasts statue is a good gift idea for your sporty friends or family members. This inspiring gymnastic design will make them joyous. The high quality aluminum metal ensures long life. The polished metal does not lose its sheen. Get this wonderful product at affordable price now. Size: 21 H x 12 W. |
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Benzara 35288 Aluminum Statue Dancers $77.76 Here s a magnificent aluminum statue featuring a group of dancers in a beautiful acrobatic formation. This tall aluminum statue measures 28 inch in height so it will find the best place on the accent table in your living room. This dancer aluminum statue features nine dancers arranged in four layers one on top of the other. The first layer has three dancers and the top layer has one. This is an interesting piece of interior decor item so get this now to decorate your interior in style. The highly polished aluminum metal of this aluminum statue ensures the best quality and long life so it will work as a precious addition in your home decor collection. Else gift this dancers statue to your dear ones and bring smile on their face on a special day. The total width of the aluminum dancers figure is 12 inch. Size: 28 H x 12 W. |
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Bettie Page Girl of Our Dreams Mini Statue Sculpture $49.99 13 inch tall statue, Highly detailed lifelike sculpt, Limited edition release, Great for display, Brand new in manufacturer packagingIt is no secret that Dark Horse has been having a longtime love affair with pinup icon Bettie Page. She’s been a big part of our lives, and we are happy to share her with you. If there is anyone for whom Bettie Page was an equally important figure, it might be the late comics and glamour-art great Dave Stevens. Dave’s depiction of Bettie spearheaded the revival of interest in Bettie Page. For this new piece we sculpt one of Dave’s best pieces of Bettie art into a statue. Sculpted by Kent Melton, a longtime friend and collaborator of Dave Stevens. |
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Bettie Page: Girl of Our Dreams (Statue) $149.99 It”s no secret that Dark Horse has been having a longtime love affair with pinup icon Bettie Page. She”s been a big part of our lives, and we are happy to share her with you. If there is anyone for whom Bettie Page was an equally important figure, it might be the late comics and glamour-art great Dave Stevens. Dave”s depiction of Bettie spearheaded the revival of interest in Bettie Page. One of Dave”s best pieces of Bettie art is now sculpted into a full-color, 13.5 tall statue by Kent Melton, a longtime friend and collaborator of Dave Stevens. |
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Bettie Page: Girl of Our Dreams by Dave Stevens Statue $165.94 It’s no secret that Dark Horse has been having a longtime love affair with pinup icon Bettie Page. She’s been a big part of our lives, and we are happy to share her with you.If there is anyone for whom Bettie Page was an equally important figure, it might be the late comics and glamour-art great Dave Stevens. Dave’s depiction of Bettie spearheaded the revival of interest in Bettie Page.One of Dave’s best pieces of Bettie art is now sculpted into a full-color, 13.5″ tall statue by Kent Melton, a longtime friend and collaborator of Dave Stevens. |
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Betty Boop Love Swing Statue $24.95 The Betty Boop Figurine Love Swing is made of resin. Measures 6 tall. The caption on the bottom of the figure reads Swinging with the one I love . |
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Black Stretch-Sequins Cap-Sleeve Gown $1730 Luxurious evening gown in black polyester and spandex, all over black sequin embroidery – a highlight from the Donna Karan runway – elegant wrapped front – genius slimming effect – feminine cascade neck – figure hugging fit – easy to put on due to stretch content, even though it has no zipper – floor length and slightly flared skirt, agonal cut – a smashing greek statue style dress, perfect for the big events in life – wear with gold or silver jewelry, best with long earrings and strappy heels |
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Bleach Tia Harribel Action Figure $104.99 10-inch tall Tia Harribel Action Figure! Female Espada from the popular Bleach series. Make the sacrifice and order her today! From the popular Bleach series, comes Tia Harribel. This 1:8 scale plastic statue of the female Espada stands 10-inches tall and comes with her Zanpakuto, packaged in a displayable window box. Make the sacrifice and order her today! Ages 18 and up. |
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Bronze Style Venus De Milo Greek Roman Figurine $29.99 Bronze Style Venus De Milo Greek Roman Figurine. This bronzed style statue of the Venus De Milo, also known as Aphrodite of Melos, is a replica of the original statue that currently resides in the Louvre in Paris. This figure measures about 12 inches tall, is 3 inches wide and 3.25 inches deep. Made of cold cast resin, it has a hand-painted bronze finish, to give it the look of real bronze. |
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Caganer $38 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Caganer is a small statue found in Catalonia, in neighbouring areas with Catalan culture such as Andorra, and in other parts of Spain, Portugal and Italy. The figure is depicted in the act of defecation. Caganer is Catalan for “shitter”. |
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Call of Cthulhu The Card Game $19.95 The Cthulhu Domain Statue is the perfect accessory for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game. This beautifully-sculpted 2-piece figure functions as both a domain card and as a domain marker. Lending Cthulhu”s dark countenance to your side of the confrontation, the Cthulhu Domain Statue will stylishly indicate your Call of Cthulhu prowess while slowly driving your opponent to madness! The Cthulhu Domain Statue is 2.75 (70mm) tall and is made of resin in dark green with a black wash, illuminating the details of its sculpture, based on the descriptions of Cthulhu and the sunken city of R”lyeh found in H.P. Lovecraft”s immortal work of horror, The Call of Cthulhu. The Cthulhu Domain Statue is an immersive accessory for lovers of the Cthulhu Mythos and a game component of distinct quality and detail. |
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Canadian Nationality $16.76 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:DO WE KNOW OUR OWN? Objects in perspective diminish; the railroad, far off, joins its parallel rails. How differently our imagination acts! The Trojan heroes are seven feet high, and Achilles, in his new armor and marvellous shield, stalks a giant. Charlemagne is revered as a statue in front of St. Peter’s, or as a flaming sword forcing Christianity upon the Druidical Saxons. Even Charles the Fifth, who said he would not war with Luther’s bones, stands a heroic-sized figure in this perspective of three hundred and fifty years, and we forget the cups of senna he took after each gluttonous feast. Homer makes Ithaca shaded with groves and musical with purling brooks, but the vision flies and we see rock- covered heights and treeless slopes. We picture to ourselves impetuous streams near Sparta, Athens, and Argos, that bore along the themes of Homer’s song, but they are dried into quiet brooks, not wide enough to balk a nimble boy or the pet dog of the tourist. These Greeks had their fir, poplar, and oak; they had their chill winters when snow lay heavy on their hills and weighted the fir-branches with a load all dazzling white. Deep into their shores ran bays, like Fundy and Chaleur, but stony and unlovely for cultivation were the slopes and uplands, except here and there where olive-trees yielded their fruit. The Greek struggle for existence was like that of the Netherlands in the fourteenth century, man trying to draw nourishment from sea and land; Nature trying to win back from man her dominion over shore and fields. This struggle, this labor of the ” curly-headed ” Greek, taught him fear of the elements on sea and land; he peopled all places with gods. From fear he learned to know and eventually to love the ” mountains that look on Marathon,” the pass of Daphne, the |
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Cathedrals And Cloisters Of The South Of France (Volume 2) $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:so mean a sham, but in this rare instance it is less annoying because the colour-scheme of greys and browns is un- ‘the Decoration is Of Simulated Sculpture And PAINTED ARCHITECTURE.”—LAVAUR. wontedly subdued and has not that garish mockery found in so many of the Italian churches. The interior is plain, simple, heavy in construction; and as is usual in the Gothicforms of the South, devoid of architectural elegance. It relies for its undoubted effect and power on qualities far removed from artifice,—on impressive loneliness, on height that is sheer, on its darkness, and on the sobriety of its polychrome. Peering in the dimness at modern Stations of the Cross that have unusually true religious feeling, after a glance at a realistic painting of naked souls agonising in reddest flames of Purgatory, after a few long minutes before the white figure of Ribera’s Crucified Christ, so tragic in its gloomy Spanish background, one goes outside; and before the door has swung back again, the traveller sees the sturdy outer walls of the old Cathedral, warm and ruddy in the southern sun. The one entrance to the church is through a small insignificant portal on the south side. The south wall itself is too old and irregular for either effect or beauty, and its most curious part is a little tower in whose topmost part a jack o’ the clock has stood since the XVI century and struck, more or less faithfully, the passing of the hours. Near the portal is another bit of religious art more interesting than beautiful, a modern statue of Mary Immaculate “who miraculously saved us from the plague—in the XIV centuryt and, two hundred years later, from the religionists.” Erected after a mission under the fostering care of the Dominican Fathers, it is not only a tribute to their heavenly |
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Christianity East And West $47.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III. The Scotch Reformer. Knox’s Statue.—Place of the Reformer in Scottish History.—Mission of St. Colmnba.—Knox as Preacher.—His Religious and Academic Preparation for the Work of Reform.—State of Sco1land in the Sixteenth Century.—The Martyrs Hamilton and Wishart.—Decisive Sermon of Knox at Perth.—Queen Mary of Scots and the Reformer’s Relation to Her. r I “HE commercial metropolis on the Clyde, the ancient — St. Mungo’s, Glasgow, has, in the course of its amazing growth, erected no monument so befitting its fame as the bronze of John Knox. It was the custom years ago, and possibly still is, to expose for sale miniature copies of this coloss of the national ecclesiastical chieftain, which looks down from its tall doric column in the Necropolis on the vast hive of business ; and with a similar piety to that of the good Alexander Severus, who, in Roman imperial days, gathered into his domestic oratory the busts of renowned seers, a Scot was often found setting up in his cabinet the venerable figure. The statue, modelled after an authentic portrait in possession of the University, and uncovered, in 1825, with a festal display of civic and religious devotion, exhibits the Reformer robed in the primitive presbyterian gown and cap, a long commanding beard streaming down his breast. At various visits to the city, as occasion allowed, the foot, especially on a Sunday, climbed to the noble height whichbears the monument; for there, in unison with thethoughts of faith and Christian valour which are inspired by the sight of it, the cathedral, the finest ecclesiastical relic of Scotland, reposes at its base, preserved from the ‘rascally mob,’ as the Reformer dubbed the ignorant zealots of his day, by the affection of the citizens. The |
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Christianity East And West $34.91 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III. The Scotch Reformer. Knox’s Statue.—Place of the Reformer in Scottish History.—Mission of St. Colmnba.—Knox as Preacher.—His Religious and Academic Preparation for the Work of Reform.—State of Sco1land in the Sixteenth Century.—The Martyrs Hamilton and Wishart.—Decisive Sermon of Knox at Perth.—Queen Mary of Scots and the Reformer’s Relation to Her. r I “HE commercial metropolis on the Clyde, the ancient — St. Mungo’s, Glasgow, has, in the course of its amazing growth, erected no monument so befitting its fame as the bronze of John Knox. It was the custom years ago, and possibly still is, to expose for sale miniature copies of this coloss of the national ecclesiastical chieftain, which looks down from its tall doric column in the Necropolis on the vast hive of business ; and with a similar piety to that of the good Alexander Severus, who, in Roman imperial days, gathered into his domestic oratory the busts of renowned seers, a Scot was often found setting up in his cabinet the venerable figure. The statue, modelled after an authentic portrait in possession of the University, and uncovered, in 1825, with a festal display of civic and religious devotion, exhibits the Reformer robed in the primitive presbyterian gown and cap, a long commanding beard streaming down his breast. At various visits to the city, as occasion allowed, the foot, especially on a Sunday, climbed to the noble height whichbears the monument; for there, in unison with thethoughts of faith and Christian valour which are inspired by the sight of it, the cathedral, the finest ecclesiastical relic of Scotland, reposes at its base, preserved from the ‘rascally mob,’ as the Reformer dubbed the ignorant zealots of his day, by the affection of the citizens. The |
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