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The
Statue of Liberty |
Liberty island, with Manhattan on the background
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The
sight is wonderful, but it is impossible not to notice
the empty space where
the Twin Towers
used to be. |
"The
Sphere",
a steel and bronze sculpture by
Fritz Koenig, used to stand in the
central square of the World
Trade Center, a symbol of Peace.
On September 11th it was damaged,
but it survived and it is now in
Battery
Park, a monument to the victims
of the Twin
Towers |
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Alice
is discovering
the Art of the South Pacific
at the Metropolitan Museum
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In the
background:
Bis Pole - Asmat people
Irian Jaya |
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Sara and Valentina
in front of beautiful bronzes from Benin (Nigeria). The art of
Benin developed for a period of about five centuries. These bronze
plates (16th- 17th centuries) were used to decorate the Oba Palace,
and most of them were taken by the British when they left the
country.
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Another
beautiful item of African Art
in the Metropolitan Museum. |
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Claudia and an African mask |
Mysterious
golden masks from Peru |
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The Egyptian
temple of Dendur
(built by Augustus in 15 B.C.)
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Yesterday's and ...
today's lionesses
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From the dim and
distant past ...
a winged Lion (Ashurnasirpal II's North-West Palace
-
- 883-859 B.C.- Nimrud)
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Luigia and
Oriental Art:
Buddha Maitreya - Northern Wey Dynasty (386-534) - Shanxi - China |
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Claudia and
Van Gogh! |
A Sunday
afternoon on
the island of Grande Jatte, Paris,
painted by
Georges Seurat (1859-1891)
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Giulia and
Paul Gauguin |
Tough guys in
Union Square ...
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NYPD: NY's
policemen are friendly! |
In
front of NY Stock Exchange,
Wall Street |
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New York's Seaport
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Last day of the
adventure:
all together in front of Brooklyn Bridge |
