Benin became famous for its bronzes, intricate art cast in bronze and ivory ... so they asked their neighbour, the king of Ife close, for help. The king sent his son Prince Oranmiyan to restore ...

Were the gods of Ile-Ife happy at that gloat over their ... with the great arts and science of carvings and bronze. The Benin Bronze sculptures, brilliantly and elaborately chiseled from ...

The Queen also commissioned the Nigerian painter and sculptor, Ben Enwonwu to make a bronze sculptor of herself ... version of the Queen to life. The sculpture was completed in 1957, and in ...

The Queen also commissioned the Nigerian painter and sculptor, Ben Enwonwu to make a bronze sculptor of herself ... version of the Queen to life. The sculpture was completed in 1957, and in ...

The Benin Bronze sculptures, brilliantly and elaborately ... This is most times unsolicited. Ile-Ife is said to parade several deities whose priests, at cock-crow, as custom, are expected to ...

One of Italy's top cultural officials is casting doubt over the attribution of Victorious Youth, aka the Getty Bronze, to ...

The archaeologists posited a theory that the site containing the shattered bronze is considered an ancient scrap yard, of sorts, likely a spot where workers dismantled bronze statues so that broken ...

Nuala Creed, the artist behind a collection of ceramic sculptures of archivists, sits next to her works in the Great Room of the Internet Archive. Photo by Junyao Yang on Jan. 7, 2025. The Great Room ...

A "very valuable" bronze sculpture by a world renowned artist valued at around £60,000 has been stolen from the garden it was displayed in. Anne Curry's sculpture, La Promesse, depicts an iris ...