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An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin eques, meaning 'knight', deriving from equus, meaning 'horse'. [1] A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. A full-sized equestrian statue is a difficult and expensive object for any culture to produce, and figures have typically been portraits of ...
The first instance that the horse was successfully positioned on the two hind legs without using the tail as a third support. Erected in front of the Hoftheater as an equestrian statue on a stone pedestal in 1826; the present fountain monument was created in 1894 (see Leopoldsbrunnen ).
The statue sits on a pedestal, and both the condottiero and his horse are portrayed in life size. Instead of portraying the soldier as larger-than-life, as in the classical Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome , where a sort of hierarchy of size demonstrates the subject's power, Donatello used emotion, position, and symbolism to convey ...
The posture of the trotting horse in this statue is similar to those of prior statues, with right leg raised; however, unlike Marcus Aurelius, Cosimo uses stirrups and his horse shows the restraint of the bridle, albeit without much tension. Cosimo, like Gattamelata, holds a military baton, armor, and sheathed sword.
Note: "Equestrian statues" have one or more riders on horses. "Equine statues" of horses without riders, or with dismounted riders, belong in the parent category Category:Sculptures of horses Subcategories
Another view. Verrocchio based the sculpture on Donatello's statue of Gattamelata, as well as on the ancient statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, the St. Mark's Horses in Venice, the Regisole (a late antiquity work in Pavia, now lost), and the frescoes of the Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood by Paolo Uccello and of the Equestrian Monument of Niccolò da Tolentino by Andrea del Castagno.
Bleu horses installation as seen from Highway 287. The sculptures are realistic enough to appear live from a distance, but are intended to be somewhat "impressionistic." To emphasize the elegance of the horse, the legs of the horse sculptures are one-third longer than those of real horses, [7] and they average 8 feet (2.4 m) high at the withers. [6]
The legs of the horse were cast solid so as to bear the great weight. [ 4 ] At the time it was the largest equestrian statue in Britain, being 30 feet (9.1 m) high, 26 feet (7.9 m) from Copenhagen's nose to tail, and 22 feet 8 inches (6.91 m) in girth.