Chinese officials are wincing at the hefty $20 million cost of moving a 190-foot-tall bronze statue. An order was issued in December 2020 to relocate the colossal monument of Chinese warrior-god Guan ...
European artisans turned a Tang Dynasty tomb guardian sculpture into a symbol of medieval Venetian statehood, researchers say.
The gap between fantasy and reality has narrowed dramatically when it comes to what we know of China’s tyrannical first ...
To visitors, Venice is a glorious tapestry of historic buildings, waterways, bell towers, red roofs — and a mighty winged ...
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Was Venice’s Iconic Winged Lion of St. Mark’s Square Made in Ancient China?
New research suggests that the famous bronze statue may have originally guarded a Chinese tomb before arriving in Venice in ...
The bronze sculpture has lorded over Venice for centuries, but its origins have remained a mystery. Science may have finally ...
CHANGSHA, China -- Inside a cavernous studio in this steamy inland city, Lei Yixin is molding clay into the shape of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lei scrutinizes every inch of the models -- the ...
Australia’s first statue honoring Chinese women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II remains without a permanent home in Melbourne, where it has been mostly stored ...
The Cultural Relic Bureau in Fujian province launched an investigation and found photos and historical records suggesting the statue belonged to a village temple where it was worshiped as an ancestor.
How you feel about Monterey Park’s Cascades Park fountain depends on who you are. To some longtime residents, the multi-tiered waterfall and the Athena statue that tops it are nostalgic reminders of ...
Kobe Bryant is an international basketball star, and apparently his fame in China is far beyond what we ever expected, as a statue of the Black Mamba sits triumphantly in Southeast China. Lakers ...
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