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Reading105 Sculpture

Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026<br>Ray Bradbury)

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Reading105 Sculpture

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  1. 105 Reading

  2. The CamposantoMonumentale ("monumental cemetery") is a historical edifice at the northern edge of the Cathedral Square in Pisa, Italy

  3. Leonardo Bonacci (c. 1170 – c. 1250) known as Fibonacci and Leonardo of Pisa, Leonardo Pisano Bigollo, Leonardo Fibonacci — was an Italian mathematician, considered to be "the most talented Western mathematician of the Middle Ages"

  4. A large number of tombs are located under the arches. Decorated with extensive frescoes it was the burial place of the Pisa upper class for centuries

  5. The Camposanto ("Holy Field") or Monumental Cemetery in Pisa was constructed in 1278 around sacred dirt brought back from Golgotha during the Crusades

  6. Siena-born sculptor Giovanni Duprè (1817-1882) created the memorial dedicated to mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti (1791-1863) in June 1867

  7. His work, for Pisa’s monumental cemetery, symbolizes Urania, the Muse of astronomy, deep in thought

  8. Urania, the Muse of astronomy, by Giovanni Duprè (1817-1882)

  9. Manchester Central Library According to the Manchester City Council, “The white, marble statue on the left stair landing is “The Reading Girl” by Giovanni Ciniselli (1832-1883)

  10. Manchester Central Library “The Reading Girl” was bought in Italy by Daniel Adamson, the first chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, and given to the library by his family in 1938.

  11. Educate Illos In Disciplina - plinth for Giovanni Ciniselli's sculpture Reading Girl Manchester Central Library

  12. Car of History by Carlo Franzoni, 1819. With a life size statue is perhaps the largest chariot clock ever made. National Statuary Hall, US Capitol.

  13. Clio - The Muse of History

  14. The Greek muse, Clio, stands on top of the “Car of History” overlooking the Old House Chamber (Statuary Hall)

  15. The Greek muse, Clio, stands on top of the “Car of History” overlooking the Old House Chamber (Statuary Hall)

  16. Enfant Lisant d'après Charles Gabriel

  17. Calliope, the Muse of Epic Poetry Roman work of the 2nd century Vatican Museum

  18. Innocenzo Spinazzi (1726–1798)  La Velata Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino

  19. Innocenzo Spinazzi (1726–1798)  La Velata

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