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Vietnam Memorial, 1981
Maya Lin
first and last deaths meet in the middle
black granite |
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The Three Servicemen
Fredrick Hart, 1984 bronze
done with the lostwax process
features mixed military gear to represent unity among branches |
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The Vietnam Women’s Memorial
Glenna Goodacre, 1993
chosen to represent the women of vietnam
mimics style of Michael Angelo's "Pieta" |
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Pietà, 1498
Michael Angelo
Italian for "sorrow"/"pity"
Virgin Mary holds deadJesus |
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Peaceful Valley, 1990
Thomas Kinkaid
encompasses the kitsch motif |
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Vacuum Cleaners, 1981
Jeff Koons
sculpture made of vacuum cleaners, plexiglass, flourescent lights
its kitsch boi! |
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Puppy, 1992
Jeff Koons
sculpture made of flowers on steel frame, Bilbao, Spain
its kitsch boi! |
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Balloon Dog, 1995
Jeff Koons
tinted stainless steel, Venice, Italy |
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The Sacagawea Dollar, first struck 2000
Glenna Goodacre = obverse and Thomas Rogers = reverse.
Copper with manganese and zinc cladding
Sacagawea = "bird woman" in Shoshone |
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The Liberty Dollar, first struck 1791
Robert Scot
first official coin of USA
obverse features the goddess of liberty |
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The Susan B. Anthony Dollar, first struck 1979
Frank Gasparro
Copper with nickel cladding
minting was initiated by vending machine investors to have dollar coins
nicknamed the "Carter Quarters"
obverse features women's sufferage leader |
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20 Dollar Gold Piece (Double Eagle), first struck 1907
Augustus St. Gaudens
33g Gold. Art Nouveau or Beaux-Arts Classical style
34mm across
designed by request of Pres. Roosevelt for the expanding nation |
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Nike of Samothrace, c. 200 B.C.
Marble. Greek Classical style.
style of clothe is mimicked in the double eagle coin |
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Liberty Leading the People, 1830
Eugène Delacroix
Oil painting. Romantic style.
big busts = mother of liberty
features the French lady liberty holding rebel flag |
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| pre-modern minting process in which striker imprints images on flan |
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Didrachma of Athens, c. 400 B.C.
12.5g Silver. Greek Classical style.
OBVERSE - Athena
REVERSE - Owl symbolized wisdom |
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Didrachma of Olympia, c. 300 B.C.
Silver. Greek Classical style.
OBVERSE - Zeus
REVERSE - eagle with initials of mint master |
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Didrachma of Cyrene, c. 300 B.C.
Silver. Greek Classical style.
OBVERSE - head of Zeus-Ammon(Zeus with horns/hybrid of Zeus and Egyptian god of Ammon)
REVERSE - Silphium plant which was traded as a cure all medicine / crab adjacent to the plant represents Cyrene "crab city" in greek |
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Tetradrachma of Alexander the Great, first struck 333 B.C.
25g Silver. Greek Classical style.
Greek "dollar coin" followed the conquest of Alexander the Great because of prosperity due to looting of precious metals of Persians
OBVERSE - head of Alexander with features of Herakles
REVERSE - Zeus holding eagle w/ a ceptor, symbol of power, and flower of Rogues / underneath contains mintmaster mark |
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The Nobel Peace Prize Medallion. c. 1900. Gold
Gustav Vigeland
OBVERSE - Alfred Nobel
REVERSE - nude men embracing each other as a symbol of unity |
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The Great Seal of the United States
features bald eagle holding olive branch and arrows to represent peace and war |
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Hercules at the Crossroads. Renaissance oil painting, c. 1590.
an allegory of Hercules, forced to choose between Vice and Virtue
Venus (goddess of love) and Minerva (goddess of wisdom)
Minerva points to a temple on a hill = path to glory
Venus holds a rose = vanity and pleasure |
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Proposal for a Great Seal of the United States. 1776.
Pierre Eugène Du Simitière and the First Great Seal Committee.
shield has six Quarters pointing out the countries from which these States have been peopled.
THREE BRITISH: Rose for England, Thistle for Scotland, Harp for Ireland
THREE EUROPEAN: Fleur-de-lis for France, Belgic Lion for Holland, Imperial (two-headed) Eagle for Germany
shield is bordered with the initials for "each of the thirteen independent States of America."
also features the goddess of liberty and American soldier/pioneer |
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Proposal for a Great Seal of the United States. 1780.
Francis Hopkinson and the Second Great Seal Committee.
"Bello vel Paci," means: For war or for peace. |
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Proposal for a Great Seal of the United States. 1782.
William Barton and the Third Great Seal Committee
Upper motto: "In Vindiciam Libertatis" ([In Defense of Liberty).
Lower motto: "Virtus sola invicta" (Only virtue unconquered). |
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Final Approved Proposal for a Great Seal of the United States. 1783.
Charles Thomson
incorporated elements of other design proposals
olive branch + arrow bundle = "the power of peace and war." |
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The End of the Trail. 1915. Bronze
James Earle Fraser
used in 1915 San Fransisco World's Fair/end of an era |
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Indian Head Nickel (or Buffalo Nickel), first struck 1913.
James Earle Fraser
Copper with nickel cladding.
OBVERSE - Indian portrait bust composed of 3 different Indian's features
REVERSE - Black Diamond, buffalo located in Central park zoo |
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The Jefferson Nickel, first struck 1938.
Felix Schlag.
Copper with nickel cladding.
OBVERSE - Thomas Jefferson
REVERSE - Monticello, Jefferson's home |
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The Liberty Penny, first struck c. 1795.
Robert Scot
Copper |
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The Lincoln Penny (“Wheatie”), first struck 1909.
Victor David Brenner.
Copper
OBVERSE - President Abraham Lincoln
REVERSE - two stylized wheat stalks |
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The new Lincoln Penny, first struck 1959.
Victor David Brenner and Frank Gasparro (for reverse).
copper
REVERSE- Lincoln memorial |
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Lotka Curve
-study of mathematical rules of creativity
-productivity vs. creativity
-1/N^2 = number of contributors out of number of contributions |
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Liberty Quarter, first struck c. 1795.
Robert Scot.
Silver. |
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Washington Quarter, first struck 1932.
John Flanagan.
Copper with nickel cladding.
Commemorated the anniversary of Washington's birth
REVERSE - features art deco style eagle |
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reverse of first state quarter, Delaware, 1999.
Copper with nickel cladding.
REVERSE- Caesar Rodney who rode from Delaware to Philli with cancer to cast Delaware’s deciding vote for the Declaration of Independence |
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Reverses of last state quarters, Alaska and Hawaii, 2008.
Copper with nickel cladding.
REVERSE HAWAII - King Kamehameha 1st king of hawaii |
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Arbor Day. 1932.
Grant Wood
Oil painting. Regionalist Style.
proposal for Iowa state quarter
it was originally hung in an Iowa school
Grant sold it for $1200 in 1932 to hollywood actor, King Vidor.
Bill Koch, NE business tycoon, eventually bought it from Grant's children in the 80's because they couldn't afford to pay taxes on the painting |
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