Celebrational Statues

Celebrational statues are statues made for when a war is won or some victory has been achieved. The stautes are meant to celebrate and honor what happened in a recent event. The celebrational statues like the ones that celebrate General Lee and the Confederacy are on trial to be taken away in these times we live in now.

Chryselephantine Statues

Chryselephantine statues were built around a wooden frame, with thin carved slabs of ivory attached, representing the flesh, and sheets of gold leaf representing the garments, armour, hair, and other details. In some cases, glass paste, glass, and precious and semi-precious stones were used for detail such as eyes, jewellery, and weaponry. The origins of the technique are not known. There are known examples, from the 2nd millennium BC, of composite sculptures made of ivory and gold from areas that became part of the Greek world, most famously the so-called "Palaikastro Kouros" (not to be confused with the Archaic statues known by that term) from Minoan Palaikastro, circa 1500 BC. It is, however, not clear whether the Greek chryselephantine tradition is connected with them.

Statues in America

Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States

Statue of St.Louis[The Arch]

The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in St. Louis in the U.S. state of Missouri. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch, the tallest.

Famous Statues

King of Kings Statue

King of Kings was a 62-foot-tall statue of Jesus on the east side of Interstate 75 at the Solid Rock Church, a 4000+ member Christian megachurch near Monroe, Ohio, in the United States.

Grand Buddha at Ling Shan

The Grand Buddha is located at the south of the Longshan Mountain, near Mashan, town of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the largest Buddha statues in China and also in the world.