Broken Obelisk is a sculpture designed by Barnett Newman between 1963 and 1967. Fabricated from three tons of Cor-Ten steel, which acquires a rust-colored...
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An obelisk (/ˈɒbəlɪsk/; from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós) 'spit, nail, pointed pillar') is a tall, slender, tapered...
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Ashur-bel-kala (section The Broken Obelisk)
annals are recorded on numerous fragments from Aššur and Nineveh. The Broken Obelisk, an unfinished part of a monumental inscription in the British Museum...
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earlier 1964 black paintings. A distinctive sculpture by Barnett Newman, Broken Obelisk, was installed in 1970 in front of the chapel. The sculpture sits in...
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earlier pieces. Of his sculptures, Broken Obelisk (1963) is the most monumental and best-known, depicting an inverted obelisk whose point balances on the apex...
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"fill Heliopolis with obelisks." The obelisk was rediscovered in 1587, broken into three pieces, together with the Lateran Obelisk; and was erected in the...
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The Obelisk of Axum (Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ ኣኽሱም, romanized: ḥawelti Akhsum; Amharic: የአክሱም ሐውልት, romanized: Ye’Åksum ḥāwelt) is a 4th-century CE, 24-metre (79 ft)...
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The Obelisk of Theodosius (Greek: Οβελίσκος του Θεοδόσιου Α΄, Turkish: Dikilitaş) is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC)...
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The Obelisk Gate is a 2016 science fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin and the second volume in the Broken Earth series—following The Fifth Season, and preceding...
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Cleopatra's Needle (New York City) (redirect from Central Park Obelisk)
starboard side of its bow. The obelisk was loaded through the ship's hull by rolling it upon cannonballs. Even with a broken propeller, the SS Dessoug was...
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