THE MOST AMAZING SCULPTURES AND STATUES AROUND THE WORLD
There are thousands of statures and sculptures in the world that are famous and some of them are the identity of the specific country.we cant go visit them all .but today here we are bringing some of them to you to have a look.
LES VOYAGEURS, MARSEILLES, FRANCE
French artist Bruno Catalano has created an extraordinary series of eye-catching bronze sculptures called “Les Voyageurs” in Marseilles that depict realistic human workers with large parts of their bodies missing
EXPANSION BY PAIGE BRADLEY, NEW YORK, USA
Expansion, a work of bronze and electricity depicting a woman’s figure in a cross-legged position with light emanating from cracks in her body, originally photographed in 2004 against a Manhattan skyline.
STATUE OF LIBERTY
Made in 1875-1884 buy Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. The sculpture is found in New York though it was initially made in France. Essentially, it is a gift for the French people to celebrate the centenary of the United States Declaration of Independence signing.
MANNEKEN PIS
The Little man pee, commonly known as Manneken Pis, shows a nude little boy urinating inside a fountain’s bowl. It was made in 1618-1619. Made by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy.
THE KNOTTED GUN, TURTLE BAY, NEW YORK, USA
The knotted revolver by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd. There are 16 copies of this non-violence sculpture around the world, nine of them in Sweden
DE VAARTKAPOEN, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
De Vaartkapoen by Belgian artist Tom Frantzen is a humorous statue of a policeman being tripped by a man hiding in a sewer manhole. Created in 1985, the statue is located in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium
KELPIES, GRANGEMOUTH, UK
The Kelpies are 30-metre high horse-head sculptures, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland
CHRIST THE REDEEMER, RIO DE JANEIRO
The statue is considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world. The statue has become an icon for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil’s most famous monument. It was constructed between 1926 and 1931.
MAN HANGING OUT, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
This unique sculpture in Old Town Prague depicts psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud hanging by a hand and pondering whether to hold on or let go. It is an unexpected and eye-catching-if not disturbing-image in an otherwise sublime urban area
MAN AT WORK, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
Bronze sculpture of a man peeping out of the manhole. His name is Čumil and he is either resting after cleaning the sewer or is looking under women’s skirts. After the statue had lost its head twice due to inattentive drivers, it was decided to place a unique road sign next to it
SINKING BUILDING OUTSIDE STATE LIBRARY, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
The weight of the books has sunk this library. The top corner of the building is peeking out from the sidewalk. The State Library is a historical landmark in the heart of Victoria, Melbourne. This curious piece of art was commissioned by the local council as part of the city’s art program.
THE THINKER
A bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin. The work shows a nude male figure at about life-size sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as though deep in thought, and is often used as an image to represent philosophy
MUSTANGS BY ROBERT GLEN, LAS COLINAS, TEXAS, USA
Mustangs at Las Colinas is a bronze sculpture by Robert Glen, that decorates Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. It is said to be the largest equestrian sculpture in the world.
THE UNKNOWN OFFICIAL, REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
Several countries have monuments to the Unknown Soldier, but perhaps only Iceland has a sculpture honoring — and lightly satirizing — the thankless, anonymous job of the bureaucrat. The 1994 sculpture by Magnús Tómasson depicts a man in a suit holding a briefcase, with his head and shoulders subsumed in a slab of unsculpted stone.
A DAY OUT, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
From the look of these four life-size bronze pigs, they are having a great day out in Rundle Mall. One has his snout in a rubbish bin bronzed-capped with a crumpled milk carton, orange peel, a half-eaten banana, apple core and a left-over sandwich.
BLACK GHOST, KLAIPEDA, LITHUANIA
It is quite famous statue around the world .In this s a ghost is coming out of the riven with a lamp.
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