Post a pic of your favourite sculpture(s)

[Dandelion]

The bearded man in turban is supposed to represent Muhammad.

[alfieb]

Colossus of Rhodes (Rhodes, Greece)


Liberty Enlightening the World (New York, USA)

[Prisoner Of Ice]

The Dying Gaul

[Philo]

I like the statue "Augustus of Prima Porta" even though I'm not Italian:

Well, I used to be known here as Herod the Great and Herod and Octavian had good relations so I guess it makes sense

[alfieb]

I like the statue "Augustus of Prima Porta" even though I'm not Italian:

Well, I used to be known here as Herod the Great and Herod and Octavian had good relations so I guess it makes sense

The ridiculous thing is that people use that statue as an example to justify the fascist salute.

I like the salute and all, but that is clearly not what Augustus is doing.

[Philo]

The ridiculous thing is that people use that statue as an example to justify the fascist salute.

I like the salute and all, but that is clearly not what Augustus is doing.

Really? That makes no sense. The angle of his hand and the expression on his face are clearly far from that.
Dumb people

[microrobert]

Versailles Gardens, the Grove of Domes, statue of Acis (Jean-Baptiste Tuby)

[Algernon]

Mielepap Pieta by Wim Botha

[alfieb]

Really? That makes no sense. The angle of his hand and the expression on his face are clearly far from that.
Dumb people

Both the Italian and English versions of the Wiki article about the fascist salute heavily reference the Augustus sculpture.

[Mikula]

The oldest sculpture at our country - Venus of Dolní Věstonice