The Bronze Horseman (Russian: Медный всадник, literally "copper horseman") is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia.It was opened to the public on 7 (18) August 1782.Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet.The name influenced a 1833 poem of the …

Pushkin's father, Sergei Lvovich Pushkin (1767–1848), was descended from a distinguished family of the Russian nobility that traced its ancestry back to the 12th century. Pushkin's mother, Nadezhda (Nadya) Ossipovna Gannibal (1775–1836), was descended through her paternal grandmother from German and Scandinavian nobility. She was the daughter of Ossip …

Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, England.The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers 954 km 2 (368 sq mi).. The granite which forms the uplands dates from the Carboniferous Period of geological history. The landscape consists of moorland capped with many exposed granite …

The Sutton Hoo helmet is a decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet found during a 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial.It was buried around 625 and is widely associated with King Rædwald of East Anglia; its elaborate decoration may have given it a secondary function akin to a crown.The helmet was both a functional piece of armour that would have offered considerable …

Athens (/ ˈ æ θ ɪ n z / ATH-inz; Greek: Αθήνα, romanized: Athína (); Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, romanized: Athênai (pl.) [atʰɛ̂ːnai̯]) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union.Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest ...

Lugh or Lug (Old Irish: ; Modern Irish: Lú) is a figure in Irish mythology.A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a group of supernatural beings, Lugh is portrayed as a warrior, a king, a master craftsman and a savior. He is associated with skill and mastery in multiple disciplines, including the arts. Lugh also has associations with oaths, truth and the law, and therefore with rightful …

The Thinker was initially named The Poet (French: Le Poète), and was part of a large commission begun in 1880 for a doorway surround called The Gates of Hell.Rodin based this on the early 14th century poem The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, and most of the figures in the work represented the main characters in the poem with The Thinker at the center of the …

16-09-2021 · Table of Contents. 1 An Introduction to Neoclassicism Sculptures. 1.1 Characteristics of Neoclassical Statues; 2 Famous Neoclassical Sculptures. 2.1 Mercury Attaching His Talaria (1740) by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle; 2.2 Portrait of Peter the Great (1770) by Marie-Anne Collot; 2.3 Bronze Horseman (1782) by Étienne Maurice Falconet; 2.4 Winter (1787) by Jean-Antoine …

Chivalry, or the chivalric code, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220. It was associated with the medieval Christian institution of knighthood; knights' and gentlemen's behaviours were governed by chivalrous social codes. The ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval literature, particularly the literary cycles known as the …

Aegis, Zeus' shield, often loaned to his daughter Athena, also used by Perseus.(Greek mythology)Shield of Ajax, a huge shield made of seven cow-hides with a layer of bronze.(Greek mythology)Ancile, the shield of the Roman god Mars.One divine shield fell from heaven during the reign of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome.He ordered eleven copies made to confuse …