At 128 meters tall, the Spring Temple Buddha in China is no longer the tallest statue in the world. This title is now held by India with an almost 200-meter statue that symbolically depicts Sardar Patel, the architect of independent India.
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Until now, the tallest statue in the world was the Spring Temple of Buddha, which measures 128 meters in height. That's about to change. Namely, a statue will soon be built in India, which will take away the title of the tallest in the world from the Chinese monument.
Cristiano Ronaldo can be said to be quite lucky in life. In sports, he won practically all possible laurels, and the airport on his native island has now been named after the star of the Real Madrid football club, which is now called Cristiano Ronaldo Airport instead of Madeira. On this occasion, a bust of him was also unveiled, which, to put it mildly, is very strange and new to the line of Ronaldo statues, which set off bursts of laughter, even the pranksters on duty immediately took the bait. Check out the funniest reactions to his new statue.
On International Women's Day, a bronze statue of a girl was erected on Wall Street opposite the famous bronze bull statue. It is a symbolic high-profile warning about the power of women, which was put out by the financial company State Street Global Advisors. It was made by artist Kristen Visbal.
The famous figurine on the bonnet of the Rolls-Royce, a beauty called the Spirit of Ecstasy or The Spirit of Ecstasy is the icing on the cake of the exclusivity of these prestigious British cars and is considered the most sought-after and most expensive sign in the automotive industry. A statuette, much like the once protruding Mercedes star, just begging to be stolen. But the one with itchy fingers is in for an unpleasant surprise. The car is equipped with a special anti-theft system, so it is impossible to steal it! Well, except with the whole car.
Art is considered to be an expression of its time, so it is logical that we are also the world's first selfie statue. It was placed next to the city hall in the city of Sugar Land, Texas (USA). People are disgusted, but what counts these days is the number of likes on social media, and we have no doubt that you would get quite a few if you took a selfie next to a selfie statue!
Is this ancient statue proof that laptops and tablets were already used by the ancient Greeks (Hellenes)? Conspiracy theorists say that the object held by the woman (a tombstone with the motif of a crowned woman and her servant) is too small for a jewelry box, and the woman's eyes are also focused on the center of the lid, which is supposed to add ' 'proof' that it is a portable device. Skeptics, on the other hand, say that it is a waxed tablet that was used for writing in antiquity.
The Sound of Power (SOP) loudspeakers are a tribute to the statues and busts that our grandmothers and grandfathers loved to collect. It is a modern reincarnation of these classic dust collectors, which have not only aesthetic but also sound attributes. It's a whole new genre of busts as speakers, and currently the series includes Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un, and in the future they will be joined by other world leaders who splashed out on democracy lessons in school.
As tourists, people like to take pictures next to landmarks, which include statues. It's okay to try to take photos that are different, creative, so that we don't return home with the same shots that we find online, but these tourists have more than clearly forgotten how to behave around the statues! Although the statues were not desecrated, they were badly abused. We don't know whether to laugh or roll our eyes.
"Ali and Nino" is an 8-meter-high steel sculpture by Georgian sculptor Tamara Kvesitadza, located in the coastal Georgian city of Batumi. Presenting Ali and Nina, who embrace each other for a moment every day and then part forever, it tells a tragic love story based on the novel "Ali and Nina" from 1937.
The 30-foot-tall and luminous sculpture The Kelpies in Falkirk, Scotland, consisting of a pair of enormous horse heads, was erected by artist Andy Scott.
As part of Australia's annual Sculpture by the Sea event, the most stunning sculpture is one that seems to stretch to endless heights.