Most tourists, when visiting New York, undoubtedly want to see the Statue of Liberty in detail. However, many facts about the structure that stands on Liberty Island are not known to the general public. Ever wondered which one?
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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.
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.
30-year-old Jago Jacopo Cardillo from Italy taught himself sculpting - with tireless work and endless love for this art form. Cardillo is living proof that perseverance and patience can go a long way. Today, he creates incredibly realistic statues that even Michelangelo would be proud to sign. You can see them in the article.
Monuments and statues usually commemorate wars, memories and historical figures, but now also humor. Meet "Meme rock", the world's first monument dedicated to humor.
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.
Jesus Christ! On his sixth studio album entitled Yeezus, Kanye West insists that he is God ("I am God"). And as a god, he deserves his own statue. And not just any kind. In Los Angeles, he got a golden statue, where this controversial American rapper is depicted as Jesus on the cross. The statue is the work of an anonymous artist with the stage name Plastic Jesus.
In London's Trafalgar Square, the site on the Fourth Plinth, an empty plinth that has hosted temporary art installations since 1999, got a giant thumbs-up, the Really Good sculpture joining the three military memorials. The gesture of approval is the work of artist David Shrigley.
Have you ever wondered why David and all the other renaissance and antique statues are so small? Why did sculptors once depict men with small penises, when a large carrot is a symbol of masculinity? As it turns out, this was not always the case, as cultural values were once different and large penises were once not desired.
Do you know which are the tallest statues in the world? A colossal statue of the Chinese god of war Guan Yu was recently "discovered" in China. Although it is a massive monument that is 58 meters high, weighs over 1,320 tons and houses a museum of eight thousand square meters, it is still far from the tallest statue in the world. The tallest statues in the world are...
Monuments are primarily made for a commemorative or other symbolic function. They are dedicated to persons, events, animals, objects, etc., which they directly or indirectly worship. But not the statues that you will meet below. What their purpose is is not entirely clear, but if it is not to scare passers-by, then the sculptors did not do their job well. Check out 18 of the scariest monuments in history.