The ancient population centers such as Chaco Canyon ( outside Crownpoint, New Mexico ), Mesa Verde ( near Cortez, Colorado ), and Bandelier National Monument ( near Los Alamos, New Mexico ) for which the Ancestral Pueblo peoples are renowned, consisted of apartment-like complexes and structures made from stone, adobe mud, and other local material, or were carved into the sides of canyon walls.

The rounded shapes of the gaps and the lip-like edges carved into the stone surrounding them create a semblance of a fully open mouth, for which the Casa Batlló has been nicknamed the " house of yawns.

* Art products ; for example, plastic objects, carved in stone or ivory, cast or beaten in metals ( gold, silver, copper and bronze ), or modelled in clay, faience, paste, etc.

A stone carved in Middle Khmer

In Ancient Egyptian architecture as early as 2600 BC the architect Imhotep made use of stone columns whose surface was carved to reflect the organic form of bundled reeds ; in later Egyptian architecture faceted cylinders were also common.

In many classical sites, sectioned columns were carved with a centre hole or depression so that they could be pegged together, using stone or metal pins.

Discussing idolatry, Clement contends that the objects of primitive religion were unshaped wood and stone, and idols thus arose when such natural items were carved.

The European Battle Axe culture used stone axes modeled on copper axes, even with imitation " mold marks " carved in the stone.

It was built in the Ionic order and consists of seven fluted columns, unusually carved from single pieces of stone ( most columns were constructed from a series of discs joined together ).

In the tomb of Theron at Agrigentum there is a single four-panel door carved in stone.

File: Harp-Sassanid. png | Ancient Persian harps carved in stone

Humayun's return from Persia, accompanied by a large retinue of Persian noblemen, signaled an important change in Mughal court culture, as the Central Asian origins of the dynasty were largely overshadowed by the influences of Persian art, architecture, language and literature and also there are many stone carved and Persian language In India from the time of Humayun also thousands of Persian manuscript in India.

Icons may also be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, painted on wood, done in mosaic or fresco work, printed on paper or metal, etc.

Icons may also be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, done in mosaic work, printed on paper or metal, etc.

This statue of Bahubali is carved from a single large stone that is fifty-seven feet high.

The giant image was carved in 981 AD., by order of Chavundaraya, the minister of the Ganga King Rachamalla, and is considered the largest stone sculpture in the world.

Some games are more often played with holes dug in the earth, or carved in stone.

Inside that synagogue's ruins was discovered a rectangular stone, which had on its surface, among other ornate carvings, a depiction of the seven-branched menorah differing markedly from the depiction on the Arch of Titus, probably carved by an eyewitness to the actual menorah present at the time in the Temple at Jerusalem.

At least seven stone circles, covering, contain limestone pillars carved with animals, insects and birds.

Sculpture was not highly developed, but carved stone and wood fetishes were made for religious use.

There are also of stone panels carved in bas-relief, that include pictorial records documenting every construction step including carving the statues and transporting them on a barge.

Egyptologists use the word for texts and representations inscribed in stone that have been scraped away, either completely or partially, often with a plaster filling being applied, and then a new inscription carved on top.

The site of the tomb in Dunfermline Abbey was marked by large carved stone letters spelling out " King Robert the Bruce " around the top of the bell tower, when the eastern half of the abbey church was rebuilt in the first half of the 19th century.

The images of a ' dagger ' and 14 ' axeheads ' have been carved on one of the sarsens, known as stone 53 ; further carvings of axeheads have been seen on the outer faces of stones 3, 4, and 5.

Minerva appears prominently in carved stone above the main entrance, and in a bronze medallion set in the perimeter wall.

Unfortunately, two of the inscriptions carved into the stone have disappeared ; the third, engraved on a brass medallion, has been the object of debate as to its authenticity.

The simplicity of the carved mantels, window moldings, doors and deep paneled wainscoting emphasizes the drama of the ornate plasterwork ceiling medallion which is based on a template designed by Asher Benjamin.

The memorial consists of a 1. 5 metre marble globe, to represent that people from 21 countries were killed, and has 202 doves carved into it.

According to this story, for as long as he could remember he spent his life totally alone in a darkened cell about two metres long, one metre wide and one and a half high with only a straw bed to sleep on and a horse carved out of wood for a toy.

In the far wall Pope Sixtus II was also buried, after he was killed during the persecution of Valerian ; in front of his tomb Pope Damasus had carved an inscription in poetic metre in characters thought up by the calligrapher Furius Dionisius Filocalus.

The most famous attraction is the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 55 metre ( 180 ft ) naked figure carved into the chalk hillside.

The 3. 2 metre high sculpture by Kate Robinson was cast in bronze and its pedestal carved from granite.

The Bob Stanton designed facility is a Par 72, 6121 metre course carved into a native Australian bushland surrounding.

This fort, situated on a steep hill, towers more than 800 ft ( 244 m ) above the eponymous township, and contains the ruins of several temples adorned with elaborately carved sculptures.

This was more common on older coins because the coin dies were hand carved.

Columns, or at least large structural exterior ones, became much less significant in the architecture of the Middle Ages, and the classical forms were abandoned in both Byzantine architecture and the Romanesque and Gothic architecture or Europe in favour of more flexible forms, with capitals often using various types of foliage decoration, and in the West scenes with figures carved in relief.

In the Renaissance period the Italian doors are quite simple, their architects trusting more to the doorways for effect ; but in France and Germany the contrary is the case, the doors being elaborately carved, especially in the Louis XIV and Louis XV periods, and sometimes with architectural features such as columns and entablatures with pediment and niches, the doorway being in plain masonry.

In addition, while the violin has bulging shoulders, most double basses have shoulders carved with a more acute slope, like members of the viol family.

The oldest forms of kantele have 5 or 6 horsehair strings and a wooden body carved from one piece ; more modern instruments have metal strings and often a body made from several pieces.

The Great Ziggurat itself has far more graffiti, mostly lightly carved into the bricks.

However, some viols, both early and later, had carved tops, similar to those more commonly associated with instruments of the violin family.

A more famous momument, a full-faced statue carved in rock mentioned by Pausanias is a statue of Cybele, said by Pausianias to have been carved by Broteas is in fact Hittite.

In the most traditional versions, various sizes of natural gourds are attached below the keys to act as resonators ; in more sophisticated versions carved wooden resonators are substituted, allowing for more precise tuning of pitch.

In the past, backscratchers were often highly decorated, and hung from the waist as accessories, with the more elaborate examples being silver-mounted, or in rare instances with an ivory carved hand with rings on its fingers.

Workers in the carpintería ( carpentry shop ) used crude methods to shape beams, lintels, and other structural elements ; more skilled artisans carved doors, furniture, and wooden implements.

Usually, the more writing and symbols carved on the headstone, the more expensive it was.

* Rock-cut tombs, a form widespread in the ancient world, in which the tomb is not built but carved out of the rock and can be a free-standing building but is more commonly a cave, which may be extensive and may or may not have an elaborate facade.

Manatee County was carved up to allow the creation of three more counties as well.

Less obvious than the jamb statues but far more intricately carved is the frieze that stretches all across the façade in the sculpted capitals on top of the jamb columns.

The flat back of the head may have held a separately carved bun, or it could have held a more elaborate horn and plumed headdress.

The famous Pont d ' Arc, a natural arch of more than 30 metres height, carved out by the Ardèche and classified as Great Site of France, gave it its name.

The effigy in a niche on the north side of the chancel is either that of himself ( but carved 35 years or more after his death ), or of one of his successors ; dating from around 1300, it shows a king dressed in a long robe and mantle of a kind that suggests he may have been aping an English regal costume of the period, an idea supported by the fact that he carries a sceptre with fleur-de-lis head in his right hand.

It has a similar monumental impressiveness to Gilbert Scott's other local buildings, Battersea Power Station and the Tate Modern, although its simplicity is partly the result of repeated budget cuts during its construction: much more detail, including carved Gothic stonework surrounding the windows, was originally planned.

The site consists of Dinsmoor's home, a " log cabin " constructed of carved limestone, more than 150 sculptures representing his interpretation of the Biblical creation and world history, and a mausoleum housing the remains of Dinsmoor and his first wife.