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2. List of tallest statues - Wikipedia

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   The definition of statue for this list is a free-standing sculpture (as opposed to a relief), representing one or more people or animals (real or mythical), in their entirety or partially (such as a bust). Heights stated are those of the statue itself and (separately) the total height of the monument that includes structures the statue is ...

3. David (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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   David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo.With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.

4. List of the tallest statues in the United States - Wikipedia

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   2014. Gulfstream Park Racetrack and Casino, Hallandale Beach, Florida. 25°58′56″N 80°08′26″W  /  25.982155°N 80.140495°W  / 25.982155; -80.140495  (Pegasus and the Dragon (Hallandale Beach, Florida)) bronze and steel. Pegasus is 33.4 m (110 ft) in height. The dragon is 15.2 m (50 ft) in height. Statue of Union.

5. Getty kouros - Wikipedia

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   The Getty kouros is an over-life-sized statue in the form of a late archaic Greek kouros. [1] The dolomitic marble sculpture was bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, in 1985 for ten million dollars and first exhibited there in October 1986. [2][3][4] Despite initial favourable scientific analysis of the patina and aging ...

6. Venus de Milo - Wikipedia

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   Louvre, Paris. The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos[b] is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain, but the modern consensus places it in the 2nd century BC, perhaps between 160 and 110 BC. It was rediscovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, Greece, and has been displayed ...

7. The Kiss (Rodin sculpture) - Wikipedia

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   The Kiss (French: Le Baiser) is an 1882 marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The embracing nude couple depicted in the sculpture appeared originally as part of a group of reliefs decorating Rodin's monumental bronze portal The Gates of Hell, commissioned for a planned museum of art in Paris. The couple were later removed from ...