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The Lion Monument, an in situ sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland. A colossal statue is one that is more than twice life-size. [1] This is a list of colossal statues and other sculptures that were created, mostly or all carved, and remain in situ. This list includes two colossal stones that were intended to be moved.
As a rough guide, "colossal" means two times lifesize or more in this context. [1] A statue is a three-dimensional sculpture in the round of a person or animal ^ Oxford Dictionaries online: "Colossal" 1.1 sculpture (of a statue) at least twice life size".
Lists of statues (1 C, 35 P) P. Lists of sculptures of presidents of the United States (5 P) U. ... List of colossal sculptures in situ; D. Donatello (catalogue of ...
This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
Positioned on Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, is the Charging Bull Statue, also called the Bull of Wall Street. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture is 11 feet high and 16 feet long.
The Apennine Colossus (Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino) is a stone statue, approximately 11 meters high, [1] in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. Giambologna ( Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the colossal figure, a personification of the Apennine mountains , in the late 1580s.
Sculptures and statues adorning properties can add subtle beauty -- or, like the wild kingdom above, they can leave you shaking your head in wonder (and not necessarily in a good way).
The Colossus of Rhodes straddling over the harbor, painting by Ferdinand Knab, 1886. The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou) [a] was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by ...