Art in bronze and brass dates from remote antiquity. These important metals are alloys, bronze composed of copper and tin and brass of copper and zinc...
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same crystal structure. Brass is similar to bronze, a copper alloy that contains tin instead of zinc. Both bronze and brass may include small proportions...
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artworks were often made of brasses (copper and zinc) and bronzes of different metallic compositions, modern museum and scholarly descriptions of older...
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Corinthian bronze, also named Corinthian brass or aes Corinthiacum, was a highly valuable metal alloy in classical antiquity. It is thought to be an alloy...
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Brass rubbing was originally a largely British enthusiasm for reproducing onto paper monumental brasses – commemorative brass plaques found in churches...
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The Bronze and Brass Museum is a museum located in Bhaktapur, Nepal. List of museums in Nepal Museums and art galleries of Nepal (Archived August 19,...
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Benin Bronzes are really brass, and the Romanesque Baptismal font at St Bartholomew's Church, Liège is described as both bronze and brass. In the Bronze Age...
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leaded zinc-brass". Modern practice in museums and archaeology is increasingly to avoid terms such as bronze or brass for historical objects in favour of...
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Art in the Kingdom of Benin took many forms, of which bronze and brass reliefs and the heads of kings and queen mothers are the best known. Bronze receptacles...
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Nickel silver (redirect from Nickel brass)
silver, nickel brass, albata, or alpacca is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Nickel...
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as the Southern region of Nigeria. Primarily made of cast bronze and carved ivory, Benin art was produced mainly for the court of the Oba of Benin – a...
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Hepatizon (redirect from Black corinthian bronze)
to in various ancient texts, but few known examples of hepatizon exist today. Of the known types of bronze or brass in classical antiquity (known in Latin...
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Idia (category African women in war)
thought to be bronze, and were only later identified as brass; therefore a more accurate description is the "Brass Heads" of Queen Idia. These brass heads are...
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important finds recovered in Isleham (more than 6500 pieces). Alloying of copper with zinc or tin to make brass or bronze was practised soon after the...
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Wire sculpture (redirect from Wire art)
wire can come in at least yellow and rose colors enabling the range of jewelry that can be made to be expansive. Art jewelry Bronze and brass ornamental...
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Spelter (category Brass)
bronze, but is softer and has a lower melting point. The name can also refer to a copper–zinc alloy (a brass) used for brazing, or to pure zinc. In his...
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List of copper alloys (section Brasses)
different types, the best known traditional types are bronze, where tin is a significant addition, and brass, using zinc instead. Both of these are imprecise...
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bull and a prince slaying lions. Other metalwork included incense burners and water vessels in animal shapes, as well as two cast brass/bronze buckets...
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Ormolu (redirect from Gilt-bronze)
Museum of Art Neoclassical mantel clock ("Pendule Uranie"); 1764–1770; case: patinated bronze and ormolu, Dial: white enamel, movement: brass and steel;...
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Ife developed a refined and naturalistic sculptural tradition in terracotta, stone and copper alloy—copper, brass, and bronze— many of which appear to...
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Nehushtan (redirect from The Bronze Snake)
(Great) Brass". The English Standard Version of the Bible and the majority of contemporary English translations refer to the serpent as made of "bronze", whereas...
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figure; 18th century; brass; overall: 45.4 cm (177⁄8 in.); Metropolitan Museum of Art Bronze Head of Queen Idia; early 16th century; bronze; Ethnological Museum...
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landscape. Bronze sculpture Benin Bronzes Benin court and ceremonial art Igbo Ukwu Yoruba art African art Plastic arts Art in bronze and brass Sculpture...
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Igun Street (category Streets in Benin City)
street situated in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. This street is renowned for being the residence of the Guild of Benin Bronze and Brass Casters, known...
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The Brass Founders' Pillar, also known as the Brassfounders Column, is a monumental column in Edinburgh, Scotland. The column was designed by James Gowans...
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Brazen head (redirect from Bronze head)
A brazen head, brass, or bronze head was a legendary automaton in the early modern period whose ownership was ascribed to late medieval scholars, such...
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works of art entered the European art market after the Benin Expedition of 1897 – Four cast bronze heads of the queen are known and are currently in the collections...
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Indian art Indian art consists of a variety of art forms, including painting, sculpture, pottery, and textile arts such as woven silk. Geographically,...
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The General Bronze Corporation (also known as General Bronze or GBC) was an American metals fabricator, primarily of bronze and aluminum, and the most recognized...
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Orichalcum (category Coinage metals and alloys)
alloys of bronze, and especially brass alloys in the case of antique roman coins, the latter being of "similar appearance to modern brass" according...
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