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  • Angkor Thom, Bayon temple, wall relief with scenes of battle between Khmer and Cham warriors using elephants, horses, chariots, and various weapons.  They wear tunics and fitted shorts, with bare feet.
    Angkor_Thom_Bayon_sculpture_relief_K...jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs showing the Kurukshetra War described in the Mahabharata; detail of two commanders on horseback, two more just behind them.  Extremely fine low relief sculpture.
    Angkor_Wat_interior_relief_KHM200602...jpg
  • Po Klong Garai Towers, a Champa temple site, off the road between Dalat and Nha Trang, Vietnam.  The towers were built in the late 13th & early 14th century to worship King Po Klong Garai.  Detail of a sculpture relief of a dancing Shiva in a l;eaf-shaped tympanum above the door lintel.
    Shiva_dancing_sculpture_relief_VTN20...jpg
  • Angkor, Banteay Kdei: shallow relief of a pair of apsara dancers from the so-called "Hall of the Dancers".  The temple is said to have been built as a Buddhist monastery.
    apsara_Banteay_Kdei_detail_KHM200602...jpg
  • My Son Champa archaeological site, central Vietnam.  Became a World Heritage site in 1999.  Four sided column base set aside for a museum on the site:  each side has a relief sculpture of a smiling, grinning female caryatid kneeling with arms upraised to hold up the top of the base..
    Female_caryatids_My_Son_VTN200602-10...jpg
  • Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sultan, a wadi near Nizwa, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high.  Unknown origin and date.  Local legend says the figures represent a father and mother who had committed infanticide, subsequently frozen into the rock as punishment.
    Ancient_Omani_petroglyph_OMN200801--...jpg
  • Boy with silver jacket wrapped around his loins imitates a Pharaonic pose at Saqqara.  Slightly beyond him is the Pharaonic relief he is imitating.
    Saqqara-sculpture-boy-EGY197756~1.jpg
  • Relief sculpture of a dancing maenad in a procession, carved on a cylindrical base.  She holds a drum; her dress and drapery swirl joyfully about her.
    Dancing maenad ESP201210--0360.jpg
  • Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sult, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high.  Unknown origin and date but a legend is attached.
    OMN200801--3656.jpg
  • Angkor Thom: Bayon, sculptures of apsara danceres in high relief, with panels of caraved foliage
    Angkor_Thom_sculpture-detail_KHM2006...jpg
  • Angkor Thom: Bayon, sculptures of apsara dancers in high relief, with panels of carved foliage
    Angkor_Thom_Bayon_apsara dancer _KHM...jpg
  • Drunkenness of Noah, early 15th century relief sculpture on corner of the Doges' Palace, Venice; Bridge of Sighs in the background; seen from Ponte della Paglia.
    bridge-sighs-Venezia_ITA200403-4-19.jpg
  • Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sult, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high.  Unknown origin and date but a legend is attached.
    OMN200801--3660pr_3x19.jpg
  • Relief head of a bearded and horned (?) man's head, on a pillar in the Roman forum, Zadar, Croatia
    ancient-Roman-mask-HRV200606-072.jpg
  • Petroglyph at Hast bin Sult, near Nizwa, Oman.  Low relief carving of a man, arms upraised.  Exaggeratedly swollen biceps.  He holds a weapon (hammer or axe) over a woman next to him.  Rough boulder, clear blue sky at upper right.  Unknown date and origin.
    Ancient_Omani_petroglyph_OMN200801--...jpg
  • Angkor: Prasat Kravan (10th century): interior brick wall relief of Lakshmi holding her attributes, with kneeling worshippers.  Seen from the side, from the entrance doorway.
    Angkor_temple_Prasat_Kravan_sculptur...jpg
  • Angkor, Prasat Kravan, 10th century. Interior of central tower, brick wall relief of Vishnu stepping across the universe.
    Angkor_temple_Prasat_Kravan_interior...jpg
  • Pharaonic relief of three long legged birds (ibis?) walking together in a row.  Legs, heads, and necks, all in parallel.  Red granite stone.
    Ibis walking SC197811-18.jpg
  • Detail of a relief of the red sandstone sculpture that completely covers the temple of Banteay Srei, Angkor.
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Srei_detail-KH...jpg
  • Angkor Thom: supporting wall of terraces of the elephants held up by a row of squatting caryatids in high relief. Top of the wall is uneven and Naga balustrade above broken in places, as the structure slowly deteriorates.
    Angkor_Thom_terrace_elephants_KHM200...jpg
  • Angkor Thom: relief sculpture of three apsara dancers wearing triple conical headdresses and long skirts.
    Apsara_Angkor_sculptures_KHM200602-0...jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs. West gallery, battle of Kurukshetra between Kauravas and Pandavas. Detail of leader in chariot
    Angkor_Wat_interior_relief_KHM200602...jpg
  • Angkor Wat: wal reliefs; Battle of Kurukshetra, details of charioteers, soldiers, horses, elephants.They run to the right in rhythm, holding lances and shields.
    Angkor_Wat_sculpture_relief_KHM20060...jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs. West gallery, battle of Kurukshetra between Kauravas and Pandavas. Detail of leader in chariot
    Angkor Kurukshetra KHM200602-049.jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs. West gallery, battle of Kurukshetra between Kauravas and Pandavas. Detail of running line of warriors.
    Angkor Kurukshetra KHM200602--050.jpg
  • Angkor Thom: reliefs of the king ( Jayavarman VII, 12th century AD) and deities under the Terrace of the Leper King. Seated posture with right knee upraised is unusual in Khmer art.  Each face shows a calm smile.  Elaborate headdresses, necklaces, and bracelets.
    Angkor_Thom_sculpture-Jayavarman-KHM...jpg
  • Jaipur, Amber Fort, established 1592 by Man Singh I, with palaces added by Jai Singh I (r 1621-67).  Detail of marble wall panel exquisitely carved with two different flower stalks with blooms and a one butterfly
    Relief_plants_Mogul_IND200111-6-25.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  Row of sculptured life size portrait heads around the apse exterior, mid-late 15th century work by sculptor George Matthew the Dalmatian (Juraj Matejev Dalmatinac)
    HRV200606-013.jpg
  • Three plants, stylized but botanically accurate, sculptured on a wall panel inside the Taj Mahal.  A stylized border top and bottom of pietra dura, scrolled in dark marble pietra dura.
    Tah_Mahal_detail_IND200111-3-20 .jpg
  • Jaipur, Amber Fort, established 1592 by Man Singh I, with palaces added by Jai Singh I (r 1621-67).  Details of wall decor, a marble panel of two stylized flowering plants and a butterfly.
    Mughal marble flowers IND200111-6-25.jpg
  • Detail of stalagtite marble in one of the niches on the exterior of the Taj Mahal.
    Taj_Mahal_detail_stalagtite_IND20011...jpg
  • Prague synagogue; carving on tympanum over entry to the inner sanctuary, an abstract geometric design within a pointed arch, shows 12 vines and twleve bunches of grapes, possibly representing the twelve tribes of Israel.  Also known as the "Old-New Synagogue," the oldest in Europe.  Built 1270 in Gothic style.
    Prague-synagogue-tympanum-CZR200901-...jpg
  • Trogir: door lintel over entrance to church of St. Barbara, 11th century.  Motifs include rosettes, interlace, and animals in profile
    Trogir-lintel-sculpture--HRV200606-0...jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  Row of sculptured life size portrait heads around the apse exterior, mid-late 15th century work by sculptor George Matthew the Dalmatian (Juraj Matejev Dalmatinac)
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-013.jpg
  • Early Renaissance architecture: the key figure is Filippo Brunelleschi.  His Ospedale degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital, (1419–ca.1445), is the first major monument of his elegant classical style with its arches and colonnades.  This is the courtyard inside.
    ITA201012-088 BW.jpg
  • Early Renaissance architecture: the key figure is Filippo Brunelleschi.  His Ospedale degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital, (1419-ca.1445), is the first major monument of his elegant classical style with its arches and colonnades.  This is the courtyard inside, its serene colonnade arching over a potted orange tree.
    Brunelleschi-courtyard-colonnade-ITA...jpg
  • Detail of the facade of the College of San Ildefonso, Alcala Henares, an example of the Spanish Plateresque architectural style of the 16th century.  The building opened in 1506.
    Alcala_Henares_Plateresque_ESP220121...jpg
  • Stone escutcheon carved on a balustrade newel next to a stone stair.  Unusual variation on an Italian type, outlined in symmetrically concave curves with six points.  In the center, a castle with arcaded tower.  Star above and waves in foreground.  Possible a view of Venice?
    Trogir-medieval-escutcheon--HRV20060...jpg
  • I could not decide between a horizontal and vertical picture, so I did both.
    Brunelleschi_colonnade_detail_ITA201...jpg
  • Angkor Thom: entrance causeway with gods and demons holding naga.
    Angkor_Wat_detail_sculpture_KHM20060...jpg
  • Angkor Thom : Naga balustrade on the entrance causeway over the moat.  Close up of deity head, hand, and foot.
    Angkor deity KHM200602-351.jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: woman at a loom, with another woman standing next to it looking on, denoting the Art of Wool-Making.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.  Classical air of the drapery shows that the Renaissance has begun.
    Medieval-woman-weaving-ITA201012--00...jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: apothecary in his shop with four women customers, denoting the Art of Medicine.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.
    Medieval-pharmacist-sculpture-ITA201...jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: apothecary in his shop with four women customers, denoting the Art of Medicine.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.
    Renaissance_pharmacist_ITA201012--00...jpg
  • Modhera, 11th century Sun temple colonnade overlooking water-filled tank and steps, orchard beyond.  The all-over carvings of the columns are in Jain style.
    Modhera_Sun_Temple_IND201301-0757.jpg
  • Closeup of a lion head on a wall in Dubrovnik, Croatia.  Dry spout.
    Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-236.jpg
  • Looking up at the coffers, each carved with miniature heads and rosettes surrounded by egg-and-dart motifs.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-133.jpg
  • Intricate design of female figure, vines, dentils, and other ornamental rows, on a Romano-Byzantine column capital re-used in a later building..
    Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-378.jpg
  • "Umbilicus Urbis Romae" inscription on a marble  plaque fragment attached to the side of the ancient speakers' platform near the arch of Septimus Severus, Roman Forum.  ...
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0517.jpg
  • Cham towers of Po Nagar (a goddess) near Nha <br />
Trang, Vietnam.  This tower built in 817AD of brick without mortar. This figure is a four-armed Shiva dancing on the sacred bull Nandin.  These towers were abandoned after the end of the Champa kingdom in the 18th century.  Recently revived as a place of worship for the local Champa people, a minority in the Vietnamese population.
    Shiva at Po Nagar VTN200602-042.jpg
  • Angkor Wat, closeup of two Apsara dancers and panel of foliage ornament.  Apsaras in Khmer combination of Hindu and Buddhist traditions represent supernatural sacred nymphs.
    Apsara dancers panel KHM200602-299.jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: woman at a loom, with another woman standing next to it looking on, denoting the Art of Wool-Making.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.  Classical air of the drapery shows that the Renaissance has begun.
    Renaissance weaver ITA201012--0033 e...jpg
  • Across the room, a similar cantoria sculpted by Luca della Robbia, 1431,  is placed high on the wall.  But copies of the panels are hung below at eye level so that they are easier to examine.  Children and adolescents playing musical instruments, singing, and dancing.
    DellaRobbia-cantoria-panel-ITA201101...jpg
  • Annunciation by Luca della Robbia is set into the arched vault of the Ospedale degli Innocenti.  The "Della Robbia blue" covers the background of the white figures of the angel and Mary.
    Della-Robbia-Annunciation -ITA201101...jpg
  • Trogir: sculptures in Chapel of Blessed John from Trogir, in the Cathedral of St. Lawrence, by Niccolo of Florence (pupil of Donatello), begun 1468.
    Trogir-sculpture-putto--HRV200606-09...jpg
  • Navicella fountain in front of Santa Maria in Domnica; detail of the bow of the ancient marble gallley incorporated into the 16th century fountain.  A ferocious lion head is carved on the side
    navicella-Rome_ITA200901--1274.jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: apothecary in his shop with four women customers, denoting the Art of Medicine.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.
    Renaissance apothecary ITA201012--00...psd
  • Angkor Wat: apsara dancers in relief betwen windows filled with carved stone balusters.
    KHM200602--062.jpg
  • Incense seller outside a Buddhist shrine in the Angkor Wat temple precinct.  The wall behind him has a small sculptured relief of Apsara dancers.  H is middle aged, rather good looking, and his face seems timid and anxious with a core of strength and determination underneath.
    Portrait-KHM200602-045.jpg
  • Incense seller outside a Buddhist shrine in the Angkor Wat temple precinct.  The wall behind him has a small sculptured relief of Apsara dancers.  He is middle aged, rather good looking, and his face seems timid and anxious with a core of strength and determination underneath.
    KHM200602-045.jpg
  • Detail of low relief marble foliate carved ornament on an exterior wall of the Taj Mahal..
    Taj_Mahal_detail_IND200111-3-16a.jpg
  • Medieval well head, in a regional Venetian Byzantine style, in a courtyard in Trogir, Croatia.  Corner volutes and a relief panel of the winged lion of St. Mark.
    Trogir-courtyard-wellhead--HRV200606...jpg
  • Winged lion relief sculpture at top of Arsenale gate, Venice.  Angel statue above has pigeon on her head.  Inscription below the lion:  VICTORIAE NAVALIS MONUMENTUM MDLXXI.   Bright blue sky above; scraps of fluffy cloud...
    Venezia_ITA200403-9-23.jpg
  • Gilded relief sculpture on the prow of a barge in the Royal Barge Museum, Bangkok.
    Thai_dragon_figure_THA200603_082.jpg
  • Woodworking studio at Artisans d'Angkor,  A young man works on a wooden panel relief sculpture, following the elaborate pen and ink design pinned above his work.  Beyond,  three or four additional young men practice various techniques.
    khmer_wood_carving_KHM200602-261.jpg
  • Shallow relief of a trio of apsara dancers on a wall of one of the Angkor temples.  The center figure is larger and above the two other figures.  knees jutting out to the side.
    Apsara_dancer_KHM200602_286.jpg
  • Relief of a dancing maenad on the base of a pillar in the Seville Archaeological Museum.
    dancing-maenad-ESP201210--0360.jpg
  • Three tourists (one on a mobile phone) near the base of the arch of Septimus Severus which bears a relief of three figures (captured slaves)
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0521.jpg
  • Close up, in compressed telephoto shot, of a campanile detail adjoining the cathedra.  The hexagonal reliefs at the lower right are copies.  The originals are in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
    Florence_campanile_duomo_ITA201101--...jpg
  • This garden, associated with the Smithsonian Institution, is essentially a woodland scattered with sculptures by different artists other crafts and still lifes made by local children.  Entrance ceramic reliefs by Peter King and Marni Haime, Stonehaus Pottery, 1995.
    Annmarie_Garden_USA.VA201002--84.jpg
  • Banteay Kdei : woman guard knitting quietly and alone in a corner of the ruins; Apsara dancer reliefs on nearby pillars.  Dappled shadows cast by overhead foliage.
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Kdei_interior_...jpg
  • Rome, Ara Pacis, detail of sculptured reliefs of white marble, restored.   A goddess sits amid a scene of fertility and prosperity with twins on her lap. Scholars have variously suggested that the goddess is Italia, Tellus (Earth), Venus, and Peace, though other views also circulate. Due to the widespread depiction around the sculpture of scenes of peace, and because the Altar is named "peace", the favored conclusion is that the goddess is Pax.
    Ara Pacis panel ITA200901--0495-2.jpg
  • This garden, associated with the Smithsonian Institution, is essentially a woodland scattered with sculptures by different artists other crafts and still lifes made by local children.  Entrance ceramic reliefs by Peter King and Marni Haime, Stonehaus Pottery, 1995.
    Annmarie_Garden_USA.VA201002--81.jpg
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