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bronze
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bronze An alloy of copper (usually about 90 per cent) and tin, often also containing small amounts of other metals such as lead or zinc. Since antiquity it has been the metal most commonly used in cast sculpture, because of its strength, durability, and the fact that it is easily workable—both hot and cold—by a variety of processes. It is easier to cast than copper because it has a lower melting point, and its great tensile strength gives it an advantage over
marble sculpture, in which it is much more difficult to create unsupported parts (such as protruding limbs). The colour of bronze is affected by the proportion of tin or other metals present, varying from silverish to a rich, coppery red, and its surface beauty can be enhanced when it acquires a
patina. See also
cire perdue.
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BRONZE STAR UNDER FIRE\ HAS THE AWARD BEEN CHEAPENED?(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 2/6/2004; 700+ words
; ...Reserves Maj. Bill Peeples earned the Bronze Star for dragging four wounded Marines...soldiers. For that act, he was awarded the Bronze Star. So, too, was Army Reserve Sgt...s way. As the 60th anniversary of the Bronze Star arrived Wednesday, they and more...
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Bronze Age Dawns Again
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/17/2008; 632 words
; ...table. And the good news is this: We are No. 1. In bronze medals. Sure, the Chinese have more gold ones than...Barry Svrluga has a dozen in his computer bag. But bronze -- bronze had its own age! Bronze was the metal of choice for...
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'Bronze has everything to attract the potential collector'.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/9/2005; 645 words
; ...with animalia images, bronze statues and bronzes mixed with other materials...ivory, gold and silver. Bronze is an alloy of copper...you may wish to collect bronzes by certain artists...whatever your bent, bronze pieces will adorn any...
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Bronze remains a popular choice with a fine history; Good looks, workability and a patina of age mean this alloy is still gaining admirers after 5,000 years.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...with animalia images, bronze statues and bronzes mixed with other materials...ivory, gold and silver. Bronze is an alloy of copper...to any bronze object. Bronze has everything to attract...a theme, collecting bronzes only of horses, cats...
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Bronze Animal Statues Enter New Golden Age
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/13/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...success was that the bronzes were documented and came...What about all of the bronzes being sold at every small...house? Perhaps those "bronze-colored sculptures...by several foundries. Bronzes you are most likely to...many books detailing bronze marks and other important...
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Bronze wares charm researchers
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 2/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...a young farmer discovered a piece of bronze ware. The local people once unearthed...coins. But finding any container made of bronze was a surprise to them. Soon 12 other...province was called in to examine the bronze objects. After further digs at the site...
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Bronzes in every detail: David Ekserdjian welcomes the first volume of a much-needed catalogue of the Bargello's bronze sculptures.(Dai Medici al Bargello, vol. 2: I Bronzi Del Rinascimento - Il Quattrocento)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...renaissance bronzes. The study of bronzes, and not least of renaissance bronzes, remains hampered by the lack...authorship of the spectacular bronze Europa and the Bull in the...dispersed Thyssen-Bornemisza bronzes (1992) and for the bronzes...
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Bronze Statue Industry Thrives in Oregon
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/5/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...05-2004 Dateline: JOSEPH, Ore. Bronze statue artist Ramon Parmenter poses next...Joseph is flourishing as a center of bronze statue casting, an industry supporting...and other businesses. While most Joseph bronze artists deal in western theme statues...
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"Les Animalier" bronzes
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...collectors. These bronzes peaked in the half...modeled by Parisian bronze workers. The revival...typical of his animal bronzes. One critic argued that his lion bronze installed two years...workers in casting bronzes from his plaster...using colors and bronze patina. His specialty...
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Eastport's Bronze Age Sculptor Richard Klyver starts his own foundry
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 11/16/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...works line the walls, bronze heads are imbedded in an outdoor stone wall and a bronze sea serpent winds out...search of subjects for his bronzes: Africa, Madagascar...people see Klyver's bronzes - which focus on motion...making, and casting in bronze and pewter. His Web...
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bronze sculpture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...themselves. They employed bronze for doors and for...Early medieval bronzes consisted mainly...the finest English bronzes. France was known...cent. for gilded bronze furniture mounts...Concise History of Bronzes (1968); A. Kozloff...Mattusch, Greek Bronze Statuary (1988...
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Bronze Age Ireland
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Bronze Age Ireland. ‘Bronze Age’ is a technocultural term denoting the time during...Ireland, beginning around 2500 bc. It is subdivided into an Early Bronze Age and a Late Bronze Age, each defined by mainly metalwork typologies...
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Bronze Age
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Bronze Age The prehistoric period during which bronze was the principal material used for tools and weapons. The...followed. It is now accepted that the technological advance to bronze was made on several separate occasions between 3500 and 3000...
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bronze
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
bronze / bränz / • n. a yellowish...yellowish-brown color: rich, gleaming shades of bronze. ∎ a work of sculpture or other object made of bronze. • adj. made of or colored like bronze...
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Bronze Star Medal
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Bronze Star Medal U.S. military decoration awarded...foreign forces engaged in armed conflict. The Bronze Star Medal was established by an Executive...by Executive Order 11046 of 1962). The Bronze Star Medal may be awarded to members of...
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