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In total, over 200 such figurines are known; [2] virtually all of modest size, between about 3 and 40 cm (1.2 and 15.7 in) in height. [3] These figurines are recognised as some of the earliest works of prehistoric art. Most have wide hips and legs that taper to a point. Arms and feet are often absent, and the head is usually small and faceless.
Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone .
Statue of Don Juan de Oñate called The Equestrian in El Paso, Texas - At 36 feet (11 m) tall, it is purported by the sculptor to be the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world. Statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas - At 66 feet (20 m) tall, it is the tallest statue of any American political figure.
The statue is housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, along with several other examples of the artist's most important early works. The sculpture depicts the climax of the story of Apollo and Daphne ( Phoebus and Daphne ), as written in Ovid 's Metamorphoses , wherein the nymph Daphne escapes Apollo's advances by transforming into a laurel tree.
Stands upon a 2.7 m (8.8 ft) base Total monument height: 7.42 (24.3 ft) The Sun Singer: 4.62 15.16 Carl Milles 1929 Allerton Park, Monticello, IL 39°59'39.1"N 88°40'04.4'W Bronze The god Apollo with right foot on small tortoise. Milles sent Allerton the only full size replica of the 1926 Swedish commission in 1929.
The Venus de Milo is an over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall [a] Parian marble statue [3] of a Greek goddess, most likely Aphrodite, depicted with a bare torso and drapery over the lower half of her body. [2] The figure stands with her weight on her right leg, and the left leg raised; [6] her head is turned to the left. [7]
Statues of guardian lions have traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government offices, temples, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy, and were believed to have powerful mythic protective benefits. They are also used in other artistic contexts, for example on door-knockers, and in pottery.
9.3 x 8.9 x 10.2 m Maman (1999) is a bronze, stainless steel, and marble sculpture in several locations by the artist Louise Bourgeois . The sculpture, which depicts a spider , is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide (9.27 x 8.91 x 10.24 metres). [ 1 ]