Leonard Baskin

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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

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History of Technology Timeline

Florence, Italy Statue of David by Michelangelo

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

American sculptor Vinnie Ream (1847-1914) and her bust of Abraham Lincoln on the stand used in the White House while President Lincoln posed for her. Photo taken between 1865 and 1870. Her full sized Lincoln See Asset: 182233

Woman-Made: 10 Sculptors You Might Not Know

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Leonard Baskin: Facts & Related Content

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Born	August 15, 1922 • New Brunswick • New Jersey
Died	June 3, 2000 (aged 77) • Northampton • Massachusetts

Louise Nevelson

American sculptor

Frederic Remington

American artist

Donatello

Italian sculptor

Lucas Cranach, the Elder

German painter

Hokusai

Japanese artist

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

German artist

John Flaxman

British sculptor

Aristide Maillol

French sculptor

Erich Heckel

German artist

Utamaro

Japanese artist

Okumura Masanobu

Japanese artist

Jost Amman

German engraver

Hans Burgkmair, the Elder

German artist

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese artist

Robert Havell, Jr.

American painter

Ivan Meštrović

American sculptor

Carl Milles

Swedish sculptor

Reginald Marsh

American artist

Pennell, Joseph: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue

Joseph Pennell

American artist and writer

Helen Farnsworth Mears

American sculptor

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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society

Ultimate Art Quiz

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