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Published on: 7/8/2007
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For example, a youthful Michelangelo sculpted pieces in a Florence workshop that were placed outdoors among the Boboli Gardens in the 1500s, noted Marc Mannheimer, a Bradford painter who teaches fine arts at Northern Essex Community College.
"I read there are over 200,000 peace poles in yards all over the world," Mannheimer said.
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Mannheimer said exterior Christian statues are more pervasive in the United States than other counties.
"When my wife and I were in Italy, we saw statues of every saint you can imagine, but they were in the church usually," he said.
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Source: Northern Essex Community College fine arts teacher Marc Mannheimer