Sentence examples for of famous statues from inspiring English sources

After all, the cemetery's main competitor, Forest Lawn, features sanctuaries outfitted with singing canaries and replicas of famous statues that explain themselves to passersby via taped recordings.

It was on Mrs. Antonova's watch that the Pushkin -- which began in 1912 with a teaching collection of plaster cast copies of famous statues -- went from secondary museum to world-class player.

The episode ends with a repeat of the Doctor's warning to Sally, this time directed at the viewer and overlaid with flashes of famous statues.

The work at the Queens Museum ranges from a grouping of 20 life-size terra cotta soldiers, grinning versions of the famous statues unearthed years ago at the tomb of China's first emperor, to a painting of a laughing version of himself holding another self-image aloft in front of the Statue of Liberty.

Thespiae, Greek Thespiai, ancient Greek city of Boeotia by the Thespius (modern Kanavári) River and at the eastern foot of Mt. Helicon; site of the "Eros" of Praxiteles, one of the most famous statues in the ancient world, and home of the sanctuaries and festivals of the Muses.

I couldn't help but wonder: if authorities cannot devise an orderly and comfortable way of visiting one of the most famous statues in the world — if even London had faced serious logistical challenges with its Olympics — what will happen during Rio's international invasion in 2016?

Copies survive of the famous statue of Artemis, an un-Greek representation of a mummylike goddess, standing stiffly straight with her hands extended outward.

After two decades of negotiations, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has returned the broken-off bust of a famous statue of Herakles to Turkey, where it will be reunited with its lower half, the museum announced.

At this site Love found the marble base and fragments of the famous statue of Aphrodite sculpted by Praxiteles in the 4th century bc.

Khan gave away little about his plans and was even cagey about the future of the famous statue of the rock star Michael Jackson that Fayed erected at the stadium in 2011 after the singer's death in 2009.

In an oceanfront district some eight miles north of the famous statue of Christopher Columbus pointing toward the Americas, Barcelona is host to a 141-day-long cultural fiesta comprising art exhibitions, pop and classical concerts, dance and theater performances and assorted other happenings.