François Girardon

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Xi'an clay terracota soldiers, China. Terracotta Army inside the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, 3rd century BCE.

21 Tombs Around the World

Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)

5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong

Blank canvas in an artist's studio. Art; oil paints; brushes; artists' tools

6 Contemporary Artists Who Redefined Their Mediums

Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

Florence, Italy Statue of David by Michelangelo

How a Rejected Block of Marble Became the World’s Most Famous Statue

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Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint

8 of the Largest Empires in History

In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

Parsons Weems' Fable, oil on canvas by Grant Wood, 1939; in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Catalog entry: The historian Mason Locke Weems, commonly known by his clerical title, Parson Weems, pulls back a curtain to point at 6-year-old George Washington. Bearing an adult head and holding an axe, George gazes blankly up at his father, Augustine, who questions his son while holding a partially cut cherry tree. All of this takes place in front of a 20th-century brick building, which Wood modeled after his own home in Iowa. The scene illustrates the fable of Washington and the cherry tree, which Weems invented in 1806 for the first president's biography. Wood playfully suggests the artifice of the tale here, presenting the story in the manner of a costumed stage play rather than a real event. Amid the action, two Black figures pick cherries in the background, a reference to Washington' slaveholding past and a reminder of of what often gets left out in historical mythmaking.

Did George Washington Really Say, “I Can’t Tell a Lie”?

Binary Computer Code, Binary Code, Internet, Technology, Password, Data

How Does Wi-Fi Work?

Young man skeet shooting with airborne shell

6 Unusual Olympic Sports

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

François Girardon: Facts & Related Content

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Born	March 10, 1628 • Troyes • France
Died	September 1, 1715 (aged 87) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“Apollo Tended by the Nymphs” • “Bath of the Nymphs” • “The Rape of Persephone”
Movement / Style	Baroque art and architecture • Louis XIV style

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“Glory of Louis XIV,” marble relief by Antoine Coysevox, c. 1686; in the Salon de la Guerre, Versailles, Fr.

Antoine Coysevox

French sculptor

Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI

Alessandro Algardi

Italian sculptor

Germain Pilon

French sculptor

“St. George and the Dragon,” marble relief by Michel Colombe, 1508–09; in the Louvre, Paris

Michel Colombe

French sculptor

Pierre Puget

French sculptor

Andrea del Verrocchio: David

Andrea del Verrocchio

Italian painter and sculptor

Three Graces, marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, 1812–16.

Antonio Canova, marchese d’Ischia

Italian sculptor

Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit

Giovanni Pisano

Italian sculptor

The Murder of Abel, bas-relief panel by Jacopo della Quercia, 1425–38; on the Porta Maggiore of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.

Jacopo della Quercia

Italian sculptor

Berruguete, Alonso

Alonso Berruguete

Spanish sculptor

Luca della Robbia

Florentine sculptor

Stringcourses on the facade of the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, begun by Benedetto da Maiano, 1489, and continued by Il Cronaca.

Benedetto da Maiano

Italian sculptor

Andrea Sansovino

Italian architect

Laurana, Francesco: A Princess of the House of Aragon

Francesco Laurana

Italian sculptor

The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.

Antonio Rossellino

Italian sculptor

Portrait believed to be of John Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.

John Michael Rysbrack

English sculptor

Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian artist

Caius Gabriel Cibber

English sculptor

Jean Arp, c. 1960.

Jean Arp

French artist

Jean Mone

French sculptor

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