Lorna Mills and Sally McKay
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Speaking of iconoclasm, here's a very sad example.
And here is an interesting book review from The Guardian that provides some nuanced background to the story.
For some reason, my mind keeps pairing the lost Bamiyan Buddhas, with this statue of Marcus Aurelius (and his small-ish horse), which is not lots. The statue has survived by fluke. During the Medieval period, Christians destroyed a lot of classical Roman sculptures, and the bronze ones in particular were melted down for metal. This one survived because, as the story goes, the figure was at that time taken for Constantine, the emperor who had effectively legalized Christianity in 313 CE. Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, c.176 CE |