Made in the 1440’s, by Donatello (1386-1466), Bronze David is one of the most famous sculptures today. It is notable as the first unsupported standing work in bronze cast during the Renaissance period, and the first freestanding nude male sculpture made since antiquity.
Athena Parthenos was the name given to a gigantic chryselephantine statue of the Greek goddess Athena discovered inside the Parthenon in Athens. Made of silver, ivory and gold, it was sculpted by the renowned ancient Greek sculptor Phidias and is considered today as the most famous cult image of Athens.
This statue is the world’s biggest Art Deco sculpture and Jesus’s fifth biggest statue in the world. It has a height of 30 metres or 98 ft excluding it’s 8 metres pedestal. The arms are around 28 metres or 92 ft wide. It is situated at the height of 700-metre, which is the peak of Corcovado mountain.
The Sphinx is a gigantic statue made from the bedrock of Giza plateau. It is the world’s largest statue that is made from a single stone. A Sphinx, according to Greek mythology has the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird, although The Great Sphinx of Giza has the face of a King and no wings.
The Mother Russia statue, also called The Motherland Calls, is a famous statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. When the memorial was dedicated in 1967 it was the tallest sculpture in the world, measuring 85 meters (279 feet) from the tip of its sword to the top of the plinth.
And now we come to one of the two most famous Ancient Gree k sculpture of the whole world, one of the few surviving, original Hellenistic statues, not a Roman copy, (The other one being the Venus di Milo), the Winged Victory of Samothrace, or Nike of Samothrace, Nike; Greek goddess of victory.
Top 10 Sculptures Famous of All Time. … sculptures and symbols in the world. The statue shows a woman in … is among the oldest and largest world statues.
Largest stone sculptures. Great Sphinx of Giza; Metal sculptures. At 54 m wide, the Angel of the North has the largest single dimension. The Statue of Liberty is the tallest at 46 m, atop a 47 m pedestal. The Enchanted Highway is a collection of the world's largest scrap metal sculptures.
A look at some of the most famous sculptures in history from Michelangelo's David to … The world famous sculpture was found on the Greek island of Milos in 1820 …
Bronze statue, it is considered the tallest in the world representing the Longevity God of Chinese religion. It is the central focus of a folk religious or Taoist temple.
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