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  2. Veit Stoss altarpiece in Kraków - Wikipedia

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    It is located behind the high altar of St. Mary's Basilica in the city of Kraków. The altarpiece was carved between 1477 and 1489 by the German-born sculptor Veit Stoss (known in Polish as Wit Stwosz) who lived and worked in the city for over 20 years. In 1941, during the German occupation, the dismantled altarpiece was shipped to the Third ...

  3. Pergamon Altar - Wikipedia

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    The reconstructed Pergamon Altar in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Side view Carl Humann's 1881 plan of the Pergamon acropolis. The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of Pergamon in Asia Minor ...

  4. Isenheim Altarpiece - Wikipedia

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    Isenheim Altarpiece. The Isenheim Altarpiece is an altarpiece sculpted and painted by, respectively, the Germans Nikolaus of Haguenau and Matthias Grünewald in 1512–1516. [ 1] It is on display at the Unterlinden Museum at Colmar, Alsace, in France. It is Grünewald's largest work and is regarded as his masterpiece.

  5. Autovampirism - Wikipedia

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    Usually after traumatic incident. Auto-vampirism is a form of vampirism that refers to drinking one's own blood, typically as a form of sexual gratification. [2] As a mental disorder, this is also called as autohemophagia, which is derived from three Greek words: auto, which means "self"; hemo, for "blood"; and, phag, meaning "to eat". [3]

  6. Book Review: 'Swole' explores what masculinity could be in a ...

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    Author Michael Brodeur takes the gym too seriously, and not seriously at all at the same time, in his book “Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscles” in an effort to show the ...

  7. Central Russia's Vampires - Wikipedia

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    Central Russia's Vampires[ a][ 1] ( Russian: Вампиры средней полосы, romanized : Vampiry srednej polosy) is a Russian TV series produced since 2021. Made by "Start Studio" film companies. The premiere was held on the Start video service. The television premiere took place on the TNT channel. [ 2]

  8. The Pirates hit so many home runs off the Mets they ran out ...

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    The home runs came courtesy of Rowdy Tellez (twice), Jack Suwinski, Bryan Reynolds (twice), Yasmani Grandal and Michael A. Taylor. Both of Tellez's and Reynolds' second homers were grand slams.

  9. Tilman Riemenschneider - Wikipedia

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    Tilman Riemenschneider. Tilman Riemenschneider ( c. 1460 – 7 July 1531) was a German woodcarver and sculptor active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between the Late Gothic, to which he essentially belonged, and Northern Renaissance art, a master in limewood and stone.