A person creates sculptures with different purposes: to perpetuate a person or event, to show the beauty of the human body, to increase the prestige of the country or to perform religious rites. People have long been engaged in this kind of creativity (almost from the beginning of its existence), and during this time a large number of works of art were created. There are some among them, which are known in all countries.
Let's figure out which statues are the most famous in the world.
Aphrodite and David
The statue of the goddess of love Aphrodite or "Venus de Milo" is one of the most ancient statues. It was created roughly in the II century BC. of white marble with a height of more than 2 meters. You can see it in the Louvre, where they took a separate gallery for her.
Another marble statue, the most famous to the whole world, is the creation of Michelangelo - "David." This sculpture has a height of 5.17 meters. You can see it in the gallery of the Italian city of Florence.
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Christ the Savior (Redeemer)
This statue is not only the most famous in Brazil, but all over the world. Located on Mount Corcovado, at an altitude of 700 meters above sea level, the 30-meter figure of Jesus from a distance resembles a cross, as his hands are divorced in different directions. This sculpture since 2007 refers to the new wonders of the world.
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Statues of Easter Island
On an isolated and one of the most beautiful Easter Island in the world was found a sculptural complex, consisting of monolithic figures about 6 meters in height and weighing more than 20 tons. They were called "statues of Moai". They were created from compacted volcanic ash in the first millennium AD. Most of the available statues (which are 997 pieces) are on the seashore, and their heads are directed to the middle of the island, only 7 of them stand in the center and look towards the sea.
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The Majestic Sphinx
In Egypt, on the plateau in Giza, is the oldest largest structure in the world - the Sphinx. It is a monolithic statue of a lying lion with a human head. Its length is 73 meters, and height - 20. According to archaeologists, it was carved from a calcareous rock in about 2500 BC. He was intended to protect the afterlife of the pharaohs buried nearby in tombs. Almost all the guests of Egypt necessarily make an excursion to this statue.
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The Statue of Liberty
The whole world is known for sculpture, which became a symbol of the United States - is the Statue of Liberty , located 3 km from the shore of southern Manhattan on the island of Liberty. It was presented to the Americans by France in honor of celebrating the centenary of the independence of the states. The height of the whole figure together with the pedestal is 93 meters. A woman holding a torch in one hand and a tablet on the 4th of July, 1776 in the other, is a symbol of democracy that began on this day throughout the territory.
But not only the huge statues are very popular, there are sculptures of modest size, which the whole world knows.
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Manneken Pis
This statue is the most famous landmark of the Belgian capital - Brussels. There are several legends about its mission, but no one can say which of them is the most correct, since the "Manneken Pis" appeared in the city long ago, around the 15th century. All sightseeing routes around the city must pass with a visit to this unusual figure.
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Little Mermaid
Everybody knows the fairy tales of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, and the "Mermaid" is considered to be especially popular, on the motives of which many different works were created: ballet, performances, cartoons. Fascinated by the main character, Karl Jacobens ordered a sculpture dedicated to her. And in 1913 it was installed in the port of Langelinia in Copenhagen.
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In addition, the world still has many beautiful and interesting statues. Travel to travel, it is better to see once than hear a hundred times!