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- Smarthistory – Tōdai-ji
Built to impress, twice When completed in the 740s, Tōdai-ji (or “Great Eastern Temple”) was the largest building project ever on Japanese soil Its creation reflects the complex intermingling of Buddhism and politics in early Japan When it was rebuilt in the twelfth century, it ushered in a new era of Shōguns and helped to found Japan’s most celebrated school of sculpture It was
- Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja) - Smarthistory
Caught in a moment of his dance, this many-limbed figure embodies Hindu ideals of beauty and physical perfection
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- Smarthistory – Richard Serra, Tilted Arc
Richard Serra wanted passers-by to have a very different relationship to public sculpture His 1981 sculpture Tilted Arc was a 12-foot-tall, 120-foot-long, 15-ton steel slab that cut across Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan Instead of focusing on the optical experience of sculpture—looking at it from a distance—Serra wanted passers-by to experience the sculpture in a physical way He said
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- Smarthistory – Thomas Jefferson, Monticello
In addition to being a politician, Jefferson was an ardent supporter and practitioner of classical architecture
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