British Museum Pediment Sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott RA: "The Progress of Civilization"

Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D.
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British Museum Pediment Sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott RA:
British Museum Pediment Sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott RA: "The Progress of Civilization"

Left hand end of Pediment: Prehistory, first man, angel, hunter and farmer.
Statues of the Arts: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting.
Apex: Allegorical statue of Civilization flanked by Painting and Mathematics.
Mathematics (Geometry), and Dramatic Arts.
Music and Poetry.
Right hand end of Pediment: Civilized Man, putti, turtle.

British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

Taken on: August 1, 2017
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Sets appears in:   • London 2017    • British Museum: Rome & Ancient Europe I   
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