Bronze
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| - | '''''The Kiss''''' is an 1889 [[marble]] [[sculpture]] by the [[France|French]] sculptor [[Auguste Rodin]]. Like many of Rodin's best-known individual sculptures, including ''[[The Thinker]]'', the embracing couple depicted in the sculpture appeared originally as part of a group of [[relief]]s decorating Rodin's monumental [[bronze]] portal ''[[The Gates of Hell]]'', commissioned for a planned museum of art in [[Paris]]. The couple were later removed from the ''Gates'' and replaced with another pair of lovers located on the smaller right-hand column. | + | '''Bronze''' is an [[alloy]] consisting primarily of [[copper]]. The addition of other metals (usually [[tin]], sometimes [[arsenic]]), produces an alloy much harder than plain copper. The historical period where the archeological record contains many bronze artifacts is known as the [[Bronze Age]]. |
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| + | * [[Bronze Age]] | ||
| + | * [[List of copper alloys]] | ||
| + | * [[Art object]] | ||
| + | * [[Bronze and brass ornamental work]] | ||
| + | * [[Bronze medal]] | ||
| + | * [[Bronze sculpture]] | ||
| + | * [[Bronzing]] | ||
| + | * [[Chinese bronze inscriptions]] | ||
| + | * [[French Empire mantel clock]] | ||
| + | * [[Seagram Building]] | ||
| + | * [[Selective leaching#Leaching of zinc|Dezincification Resistant Brass]] | ||
| + | * [[UNS C69100]] | ||
| + | * [[Yoruba traditional art]] | ||
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Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper. The addition of other metals (usually tin, sometimes arsenic), produces an alloy much harder than plain copper. The historical period where the archeological record contains many bronze artifacts is known as the Bronze Age.
See also
- Bronze Age
- List of copper alloys
- Art object
- Bronze and brass ornamental work
- Bronze medal
- Bronze sculpture
- Bronzing
- Chinese bronze inscriptions
- French Empire mantel clock
- Seagram Building
- Dezincification Resistant Brass
- UNS C69100
- Yoruba traditional art
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