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Robert Arneson
American Sculptor And Professor of Ceramics 1930 to 1992
Bookhead 1991 Eye On Mrak 1992 See No Evil/Hear No Evil Sculpture 19992 Stargazer 1992 Yin And Yang Scupture
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Bookhead 1991, Artist: Robert Arneson, From The Egg Head Series, University of California at Davis, In Front Of Emil Mrak Hall, Davis, California

A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste.[from wikipedia]

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Eye On Mrak 1992, Artist Robert Arneson, Part of The Egg Head Series, In Front Of Emil Mrak Hall, University Of California at Davis, Davis, California

Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision.[from wikipedia]

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See No Evil/Hear No Evil Sculpture 19992, Artist Robert Arneson, Part of The Egg Head Series, University Of California at Davis, Roundabout next to Emil Mrak Hall, Davis, California

The three wise monkeys are often depicted in art and sculpture doing gestures.[from wikipedia]

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Stargazer 1992, The Egghead Sculpture Series, Artist: Robert Arneson, UC Davis Campus, Davis, California

The stargazers are a family, Uranoscopidae, of perciform fish that have eyes on top of their heads (hence the name). The family includes about 51 species (one extinct) in eight genera, all marine and found worldwide in shallow and deep saltwaters.[from wikipedia]

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Yin And Yang Scupture, Artist Robert Arneson, Part of The Egg Head Series, Davis and San Francisco, California

Yin is the receptive and yang the active principle, seen in all forms of change and difference such as the annual cycle (winter and summer), the landscape (north-facing shade and south-facing brightness), sexual coupling (female and male), the formation of both men and women as characters and sociopolitical history (disorder and order).[from wikipedia]


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