It is double-take time for the blase New York types who do not pay much attention to what is in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Nine massive stone statues by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone have arrived.
If a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; 1 front leg up, the person died from wounds received in battle; all 4 legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The media often touts the Merlion as a legendary creature. However, it was imagined in 1964 by a member of the Souvenir Committee in the Singapore Tourism Board and then erected as a statue along the river in 1972.
Tradition demands that statues depicting Ganesh are praised through prayer and offerings and then released into the sea. This will take away the year's misfortunes and set the stage for a prosperous future.
Tradition demands that statues depicting Ganesh are praised through prayer and offerings and then released into the sea. This will take away the year's misfortunes and set the stage for a prosperous future.
Tradition demands that statues depicting Ganesh are praised through prayer and offerings and then released into the sea. This will take away the year's misfortunes and set the stage for a prosperous future.
Tradition demands that statues depicting Ganesh are praised through prayer and offerings and then released into the sea. This will take away the year's misfortunes and set the stage for a prosperous future.
It is double-take time for the blase New York types who do not pay much attention to what is in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Nine massive stone statues by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone have arrived.
It is double-take time for the blase New York types who do not pay much attention to what is in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Nine massive stone statues by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone have arrived.
Tradition demands that statues depicting Ganesh are praised through prayer and offerings and then released into the sea. This will take away the year's misfortunes and set the stage for a prosperous future.
The Cambodian government is convinced two life-size 10th-century statues, that have anchored the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Southeast Asian galleries for nearly two decades, were looted from a jungle temple.
Hindu worshipers climb a 272-step stairway next to a statue of Lord Murugan to reach a Batu Caves temple, during a pilgrimage at the Thaipusam festival near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In its most monumental expression — the eerie, somnolent statues of the gods and of the pharaohs who were their earthly junior-god emissaries — Egypt offers us the sleekest, longest-running style in the history of art.
In its most monumental expression — the eerie, somnolent statues of the gods and of the pharaohs who were their earthly junior-god emissaries — Egypt offers us the sleekest, longest-running style in the history of art.
The media often touts the Merlion as a legendary creature. However, it was imagined in 1964 by a member of the Souvenir Committee in the Singapore Tourism Board and then erected as a statue along the river in 1972.
The media often touts the Merlion as a legendary creature. However, it was imagined in 1964 by a member of the Souvenir Committee in the Singapore Tourism Board and then erected as a statue along the river in 1972.
The Statue of Zeus watched over the original Olympic games. In those days contestants paid tribute to the statue, which was roughly twice the size of the statue at the Lincoln Memorial.
In 1482, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, commissioned Leonardo Da Vinci to build the largest equestrian statue the world had ever seen in honor of his father, Francesco.
In 1493 Leonardo Da Vinci finished a 24" clay model from which the bronze horse could be cast. However, the fragile statue was destroyed by invading French archers in 1499.
When the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886, traders threw tickertape from the windows. Now ticker-tape parades are held to mark particularly triumphal occasions.
In 1482, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, commissioned Leonardo Da Vinci to build the largest equestrian statue the world had ever seen in honor of his father, Francesco.