| 词条 | Lingua (sculpture) |
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The Lingua is a sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn located at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. SculptureLingua is composed of two 16' tall cylinders, with text cut with a water jet cutter in Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Ethiopian, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and Iroquois.[1] The texts are historical texts from as far back as 1400 BC.[2]The Russian-language section is a quote from Leo Tolstoy{{'}}s War and Peace (Volume 3, Part 1, beginning of chapter XXII). References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.elonka.com/kryptos/sanborn.html|title=Jim Sanborn: Sculptor, Photographer, Artist|publisher=Elonka|accessdate=2009-10-18}} {{coord|38|54|13.29|N|77|1|24.35|W|region:US|display=title}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dcconvention.com/artcollection.aspx |title=Walter E. Washington Convention Center Art Collection |date=2009-09-06 |publisher=Washington Convention Center Authority |accessdate=2009-10-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210100326/http://www.dcconvention.com/artcollection.aspx |archivedate=February 10, 2008 }} 2 : Sculptures by Jim Sanborn|2002 sculptures |
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