Andrea Brustolon
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Andrea Brustolon was an Italian sculptor in wood. He is known for his furnishings in the Baroque style and devotional sculptures.
Brustolon's sofa with black slaves covered with embossed leather (cordovan), National Museum in Warsaw.
Candelabra in San Trovaso Venice
Atlas (architecture)
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In European architectural sculpture, an atlas is a support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take the place of a column, a pier or a pilaster. The Roman term for such a sculptural support is telamon.
Atlantes depicting the Moors defeated by Charles V, Porta Nuova, Palermo
Beaux Arts atlantes on Rue Saint-Roch no. 45, Paris, by Bruno Pellissier, 1917
Sumerian façade of the Inanna Temple of Karaindash, Uruk, c.1413 BC, overall height: 211 cm, Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, Germany