national treasure

(noun)

A person, place, or object that is deemed of great value to an entire nation, usually due to its cultural significance.

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Examples of national treasure in the following topics:

  • National Pride

    • Romantic nationalism was a key component of Romanticism as well as certain post-Enlightenment philosophies that focused on the development of national language, folklore, and traditional customs.
    • National anthems, national epics, and national treasures are part of the language of Romantic nationalism, and date back to the 18th and 19th centuries.
    • Some degree of art-based national pride still exists today.
    • A "national treasure" refers to shared culture which has been deemed exceptionally valuable and could be a skilled musician, such as Yo-Yo Ma, or a cultural object of great value, such as Britain's Bayeux tapestry.
    • Illustrate the relationship between certain types of artwork and national pride

  • Architecture and Art in the Unified Silla Period

    • It is home to seven national treasures of South Korea, including the Dabotap and Seokgatap stone pagodas, Cheongun-gyo (Blue Cloud Bridge), and two gilt-bronze statues of Buddha.
    • Dabotap (Many Treasure Pagoda) is 10.4 meters tall and dedicated to the Many Treasures Buddha mentioned in the Lotus Sutra.
    • It is classified as National Treasure No. 24 by the South Korean government, and in 1995 it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List together with the Bulguksa Temple.

  • Art of Pure Land Buddhism

  • Zen Ink Painting

    • ShÅ«bun's best known landscape painting, designated as a National Treasure in Japan, is Reading in a Bamboo Grove, now kept in the Tokyo National Museum.

  • Horyuji Temple

    • The hall holds the famous Shaka Triad, bronze Yakushi and Amida Nyorai statues, and other national treasures.

  • Art under Napoleon

    • Empire style architecture was based on aspects of the Roman Empire and its many archaeological treasures which had been rediscovered starting in the 18th century.
    • Discuss the emphasis Napoleon placed on nationalism when supporting the arts

  • The Early Middle Ages

    • It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, and revivals.
    • Named after Emmeram of Regensburg and lavishly illuminated, the Codex is an important example of Carolingian art, as well of one of very few surviving treasure bindings of the late ninth century.
    • Part of the Treasure of Guarrazar.

  • Art of the Persian Empire

    • Better known than ceremonial rhyta is the Oxus Treasure, a 180-piece trove of reliefs, figurines, jewelry, and coins made of gold and silver.
    • The treasure is important because it demonstrates the variety of forms in which metal was worked during the early Persian Empire.
    • The griffin-headed bracelet also found in the treasure was once inlaid with enamel and precious stones.
    • Gold chariot from Oxus Treasure, amalgamated from fragments of other objects in the trove

  • Tonga

    • It is the only island nation in the region to have avoided formal colonization.
    • Tongan craftsmen were skilled at inlaying pearl-shell and ivory in wood, and Tongan war clubs were treasured items in the neighboring archipelago of Fiji .

  • Sculpture of the Early Christian Church

    • Carolingian art revived ivory carving, often in panels for the treasure bindings of grand illuminated manuscripts, as well as crozier heads and other small fittings.
    • Whereas the Carolingian treasure binding and the Gero Crucifix attempt to recapture attributes of classical sculptures, the figures on Muiredach's High Cross lack a sense of naturalism.