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    The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Niké of Samothrace, is a votive monument originally discovered on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean...
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    Samothrace is one of the most rugged Greek islands, with Mt Saos and its highest peak, Fengari, rising to 1,611 m (5,285 ft). The Winged Victory of Samothrace...
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  • The Winged Victory of Samothrace is a sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike in the Louvre Museum. Winged Victory may also refer to: Winged victories, a pair...
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    has been the Winged Victory of Samothrace, one of the highlights of the Louvre's collections. The Escalier Daru is the last in a series of increasingly...
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    The Samothrace Temple Complex, known as the Sanctuary of the Great Gods (Modern Greek: Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών Ieró ton Megálon Theón), is one of the principal...
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  • The Motherland Calls (category Battle of Stalingrad)
    It was inspired by the Winged Victory of Samothrace, an ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess of victory, Nike. Construction of The Motherland Calls began...
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    of power and energy as demonstrated in the Jockey of Artemision. Some of the best known Hellenistic sculptures are the Winged Victory of Samothrace (2nd...
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    Louvre (redirect from Richelieu Wing)
    In 1883, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, which had been found in the Aegean Sea in 1863, was prominently displayed as the focal point of the Escalier...
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  • daughter of Shahrbaraz Nike Award, a Polish language literature prize The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also known as the Niké of Samothrace, an ancient...
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    archaeological excavation from the stage, revealing a large copy of the Winged Victory of Samothrace statue of Nike, placed in the Louvre main entrance, and five large...
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  • Francisco Winged Victory of Samothrace, a marble sculpture displayed at the Louvre Victory, 1902 statue in New York City by Augustus Saint-Gaudens Victory column...
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    Nike of Paros Operation Niki The Temple of Athena Nike The University of Melbourne, which has Nike depicted in its emblem Winged Victory of Samothrace Paionios...
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    standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski...
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    The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet), located near Kevadia in the state of Gujarat, India. It depicts...
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    the "Winged Victory of Samothrace." The XP-1 was unveiled in August 2020, and was scheduled to go into production in 2022 with a limited run of 300 units...
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  • of Giza (c. 2558–2532 BCE) Abu Simbel temples (c. 1264 BCE) Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon (438 BCE) Colossus of Rhodes (c. 292 BCE) Winged Victory...
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    certified as LEED Gold in 2017. A limited-edition cast of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, one of the world's most famous sculptures, was displayed in...
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    including the Medici Venus, the Venus de Milo, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Archeological fieldwork on Paros has identified extensive ancient...
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    The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 2254–2218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris...
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    victory Surrender (military) Victoria Memorial, London Victory, 1902 statue in New York City by Augustus Saint-Gaudens Victory Day War Winged Victory...
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    ability of Hellenistic sculptors is clearly in evidence in such major works as the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and the Pergamon Altar. New centres of Greek...
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    Winged Victory of Samothrace. It follows the period of Classical Greek art, while the succeeding Greco-Roman art was very largely a continuation of Hellenistic...
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    eclipsed by a fifth figure depicting the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Winged Victory is located in front of the Insurance Building and adjacent to the...
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  • castles and abbeys, to finish at the end of the war at the Musée Ingres in Montauban. The Winged Victory of Samothrace and Venus de Milo were kept at Château...
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    military victory that must have taken place in the area, not unlike two more famous Nike statues, the Winged Victory of Samothrace from Samothrace and the...
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    Gambling (redirect from History of gambling)
    the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are...
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    it is a classic illustration of the Odisha style of Architecture or Kalinga architecture. The cause of the destruction of the Konark temple is unclear...
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    account for three-eighths of the size of the whole statue. They also have no legs. The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa...
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    following is a very incomplete list of notable works in the collections of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. For a list of works based on 5,500 paintings catalogued...
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    national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black...
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