What are some of the most famous and amazing sculptures and statues from around the world? Opinions may differ however, this is a good starter list for sure!
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Golden Bridge
Da Nang, Vietnam
Dragon Bridge
Da Nang, Vietnam
Puppy Sculpture - Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao, Spain
Apennine Colossus
Tuscany, Italy
Christ The Redeemer
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
The Awakening
Maryland, USA
Cloud Gate
Chicago, USA
Mount Rushmore
South Dakota, USA
Statue Of Liberty
New York, USA
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Stone of Hope
Washington DC, USA
Metalmorphosis
Charlotte North Carolina, USA
The Knotted Gun, Turtle Bay
New York, USA
Charging Bull sculpture (or Wall Street Bull)
New York City's Financial District
Expansion
New York, USA
Statue of Abraham Lincoln
Washington DC, USA
Ex Nihilo - National Cathedral
Washington, DC, USA
Crazy Horse Monument
South Dakota, USA
Mother Nature
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Forever Bicycles
Austin, Texas, USA
A Wild Life for Wildlife
World Trade Center's S. Oculus Plaza
New York City, USA
De Vaartkapoen
Brussels, Belgium
The Black Ghost
Klaipeda Lithuania. Klaipeda, Lithuania
Ayrton Senna Sculpture
Barcelona, Spain
Popped Up
Budapest, Hungary
Cristo Protetor De Encantado
State Of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
Emperors Yan and Huang Statue
Zhengzhou, China
Cristo De La Concordia
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Gallos - King Arthur Statue
Cornwall England, UK
The Kelpies - Horse Sculptures
Grangemouth Scotland, UK
Leshan Giant Buddha
Leshan, China
Pieta (Compassion)
by Michelangelo
St Peters Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Statue of David
by Michelangelo
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy
Serpent D' ocean
Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins, France
Sacro Bosco
Bomarzo, Italy
Statue of Lord Shiva
Murdeshwar, India
Tian Tan Buddha
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Moai
Easter Island
Spirit Of Haida Gwaii, The Jade Canoe
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Moses Basilica of San Pietro
by Michelangelo
Vincoli in Rome, Italy
Spring Temple Buddha
Henan, China
Leshan Giant Buddha
by Monk - Hai Tong
Leshan, Sichuan Province, China
Venus of Willendorf
(29,500 years old - Oolitic Limestone)
Creator Unknown
Natural History Museum,Vienna, Austria
Saint Andrew
by François Duquesnoy
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City,
Rome, Italy
Winged Victory of Samothrace
(Goddess of Victory)
Credited to Pythokritos
Louvre Museum in Paris, France
Phuket Big Buddha
Phuket, Thailand
Spring Temple Buddha
Henan, China
The Burghers Of Calais
London, England, United Kingdom
La Mano Del Desierto
Atacama Desert, Chile
Maman
Bilbao, Spain
Franz Kafka, Rotating Head
Prague, Czech Republic
Angel Of The North
Gateshead, England, United Kingdom
Singing Ringing Tree, Burnley
United Kingdom
Wat Plai Laem
Koh Samui, Thailand
Lord Murugan Statue
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rock Sculpture fo Decabalus
Orsova, Romania
Virgin Del Socavon
Oruro, Bolivia
Christ Of The Abyss
Key Largo, Florida USA
Guanyin Of Nanshan
Sanya, Hainan, China
Force of Nature
Doha, Qatar
Les Voyageurs
Marseilles, France
Nelson Mandela
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Chinggis Khaan Stature Complex
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Eiffel Tower
Paris, France
Stonehenge
Wiltshire, England
Rooftop of Casa Batllo
Barcelona Spain
Park Güell
Barcelona Spain
Great Wall Of China
China
Desert City
Petra, Jordan, the Nabataean Caravan City
Pyramids
Giza, Egypt
Mask of Sorrow
Magadan, Russia
Guardians of Time
Great Brittain
Lion of Lucerne
Switzerland
Le Génie du Mal - The Genius of Evil
"Lucifer of Liège"
by Guillaume
Geefs in St. Paul's Cathedral Belgium
Kiss of death - Poblenou Cemetery
Barcelona, Spain
Jatayu Earth's Center
Jatayu National Park Roadd, Kerala, India
Balloon Dog
by Jeff Koons,
The Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Little Mermaid
by Edvard Eriksen
Langelinie promenade, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bird
by Fernando Botero
Singapore River by the UOB Plaza, Singapore
Hercules and Cacus
by Baccio Bandinelli
Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy
Abduction of Persephone or Rape of Prosepina
by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
Apollo and Daphne
by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Rome, Italy
The Thinker
by Auguste Rodin
Rodin Museum Paris, France
The Gates of Hell
by Auguste Rodin
Musée D’Orsay, Paris, France
Monument To Balzac
by Auguste Rodin
Musée Rodin, Paris, France
Head of Pierre de Wissant
by Auguste Rodin
LACMA in Los Angeles, CA USA
Hermitage The Three Graces
by Antonio Canova
St. Petersburg, Russia
Hiawatha
by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Metro Museum Manhattan, New York USA
Milo of Croton
by Pierre Puget
Louvre Paris, France
Neptune and Triton
by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
Cristo della Minerva - Risen Christ
by Michelangelo
Locations in Italy, Florence and Rome
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
by Benvenuto Cellini
Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria Rome italy
Madonna Of Bruges
by Michelangelo
Church of Our Lady Bruges, Belgium
The Veiled Vestal Virgin
by Raffaelle Monti
Chatsworth House England
The Veiled Virgin
by Giovanni Strazza
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Leda and the Swan
by Timotheus
Multiple Reproductions: Italy, USA, UK, Denmark
The Terracotta Warriors
Lintong District, Xi'an
Shaanxi Province, China
Giant Head of Mao Zedong
Changsha, China
Anne Frank Sculpture near Anne Frank House
Amsterdam
Nest
Gili Meno Island, Indonesia
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
by Edgar Degas
Washington DC, USA
Venus de Milo
by Alexandros of Antioch
Louvre in Paris, France
Nuclear Energy
by Henry Moore
University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois USA
Racist Dog Sculpture
Burmingham, Alabama, USA
Eagle - Abstract Art
by Alexander Calder
Seattle, Washington, USA
Lift Every Voice And Sing
Harp
by Augusta Savage
This temporary sculpture was commissioned for the 1939 New York World's Fair and destroyed when the fair closed. Augusta was paid $360 and spent 2 years on it. Unable to afford bronze casting, she made the original in lacquered plaster to resemble black basalt.
