Liberty Island, New York Harbor, USA
Liberty Island, New York Harbor, USA
Liberty Island, New York Harbor, USA
Presented to America by the people of France in 1886, the statue sits on 12-acre Liberty Island in New York Harbor. It is just over 305 feet tall from the ground to the top of the torch flame.
*French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi collaborated with French engineer Gustave Eiffel to create the statue. They designed the massive structure using thin pounded copper sheets covering a steel framework. Eiffel, also responsible for Paris’ Eiffel Tower, created the frame of the statue. Its design and construction were considered an engineering masterpiece of the 19th century.
*Notes: The Statue of Liberty used to have a reddish-brown color. The green coloring results from the effects of weather conditions on copper. The 7 spikes on the Statue of Liberty's crown represent the 7 oceans and the 7 continents of the world, indicating the universal concept of liberty.
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York City, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York City, USA
Probably, one of the best works about Love created by the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
*The sculpture is dedicated to the hard work of local fishermen.
Notes: An African style market is a beautiful, colorful place to visit. You can smell incredible tastes of spices, fruits and vegetables almost everywhere. Here you can feel the true smell of Tenerife. Smell, taste, feel. Fresh and original. Direct to the old town and museums. Enjoy...
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA
Trumpeter Draped, Atelier, 2014 (Bronze) - one of the iconic sculptures by Richard MacDonald. With the quintessential expression of genre: Joie de Vivre (Joy of Life), Trumpeter Draped Atelier draws us into the spirit of the music she plays, and the lilting dance she weaves. The Trumpeter represents the very embodiment of joy. With a thousand nuances of form, from her outstretched fingers to the carefree tilt of her head, she conveys a sense of youth and hope that vibrates like the imaginary notes of music she plays. It is this rare, lighthearted playfulness that sets the Trumpeter apart and conveys joy with elegant simplicity.
*Notes: Richard MacDonald is one of today’s foremost figurative sculptors. Having been featured in hundreds of solo and group exhibitions worldwide, his figurative sculpture is collected by people from all walks of life – from aspiring aficionados to celebrities and heads of state. Richard draws inspiration from movement and the deepest of human emotions. He strives to unite others through emotive works with universal sense of beauty.
“The Art of Richard MacDonald reveals the infinite beauty of the human body. The characters he creates are playing forever in the theatre of life.” - Guy Laliberte, founder Cirque du Soleil
*Carmel Plaza is nestled in the heart of downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, it is home to one-of-a-kind fashion finds and specialty national brands, distinctive restaurants, gourmet shops, wine tasting room and more in a relaxed atmosphere.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
Notes: Teatro Guimera was built on the site previously occupied by the Saint Dominic Convent in 1849, in a similar way to the Theatre of the Lyceum of Barcelona, which was also built on a convent. It is the oldest theatre in the Canary Islands. Must visit to know more about Santa Cruz history.
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA
This giant statue is 25 feet (7.62 meters) tall, based on famous World War II photo taken in Times Square, New York City on Aug. 14, 1945.
*Notes: August 14, 1945 in Times Square in New York after the announcement of the 33rd US President Harry Truman about ending the war with Japan, a jubilant crowd of more than 2 million people gathered. 21-year-old Friedman was then a dental assistant and ran straight from her workplace into the street when she heard about the end of the war. At that moment, a young sailor, whom she had never met before, approached her and kissed her. The young couple was captured by photographer Alfred Eisenstadt.
*Subsequently, this photo was reprinted in Life magazine, instantly becoming for all Americans a symbol of victory in World War II. Photography is known worldwide as "Kiss."
Seattle, Washington, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
"Hammering Man" street sculpture was built in 1992 at a cost of $450,000. He is 48 feet (14.6 m) tall, 30 inches (76 cm) wide and 7 inches (17 cm) deep, and weighs 26,000 pounds.
*Notes: He is located directly in front of the Seattle Art Museum and made out of hollow-fabricated steel, aluminum mechanized arm, electric motor, and black automotive paint.
Hammering Man's arm "hammers" silently and smoothly four times per minute from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. It runs on a 3-hp electric motor set on an automatic timer. Hammering Man rests his arm each evening and every year on Labor Day.
This angle shooting of sculpture, creates the illusion of a monster among high-rise buildings of the big city.
Novosibirsk, Russia
Novosibirsk, Russia
Notes: Monument to Lenin - one of the main attractions of Novosibirsk city. The monument, installed opposite the building of the Opera and Ballet Theater, became a worthy decoration of Lenin Square. The monument was opened on November 5, 1970, on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lenin.
*The three figures represented as part of the whole complex — the worker, the soldier, and the peasant — symbolize the driving forces of the revolution.
The street sculpture
Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC, USA
City art - The street sculpture.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York City, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York City, USA
Notes: In Greek art, the Amazons, a mythical race of warrior women from Asia Minor. This statue represents a refugee from battle who has lost her weapons and bleeds from a wound under her right breast. But, her face shows no sign of pain or fatigue.
The original statue probably stood in the precinct of the great temple of Artemis at Ephesos, where the Amazons has legendary and cultic connections with the goddess.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Notes: If you visit Harvard, you just have to see the statue of John Harvard outside University Hall. The John Harvard statue is probably the most touched object in the University. Its left foot is subjected to almost incessant rubbing by tourists who believe that the act brings good luck. Every student touches the shoes of this state before beginning his curriculum.
*However this statue is known as the statue of 3 lies:
1. This is not John Harvard
- his face and body structure may not be of John Harvard as no actual picture of him was available. This is based on imagination.
2. John Harvard is not the founder of the university.
- the school had already been established. He just donated his library and some funds so they renamed the school after him.
3. Harvard was not founded in 1638.
- it gives the founding date as 1638 - that is an error since it was founded 1636.
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But anyway, this is most photographed statue In America after Lincoln memorial in Washington!
Cartagena, Spain
Cartagena, Spain
Notes: The monument El Zulo has great symbolic value and is an important landmark of Cartagena. The monument was erected with the purpose to honor the memory of people who died on the eleventh of March 2004, during the terrorist attacks in Madrid.
*Translated from the Spanish word "el zulo" means "shelter" or "asylum". The monument with the given name was officially opened in Cartagena in 2009, and its author has made the popular sculptor Victor Ochoa. The sculpture depicts seated on the ground the man who in fear pulls his knees to his chest and buries his face. The height of the statue is almost five metres long and weighs two tons. The monument is made with great skill and is rightly considered one of the most famous works Ochoa.