Sometimes the whole personality is what grabs me.
'For the sake of Auld lang syne,' is sung the world over.r the world, you can see statues of Robbie Burns: in London, England; New York, USA; Dunedin, New Zealand and Dundee, Scotland. All copies of the same superb statue showing Burns seated, holding a book.
Robbie Burns statue in London. Open book in hand.
Another copy is in Dundee, Scotland.
In London we have a statue of Brunel. The man who built The Thames tunnel under the river Thames, the railway west, Bristol's Brunel Bridge, (Clifton suspension bridge, and the ship SS Great Eastern to take travellers from the UK to the USA and back the other way, USA to UK.
Statue of Brunel standing on the Victoria Embankment. Wikipedia.
My favourite statue is the one of him seated at the station.
In London, near Piccadilly, see the statue of dandy, Beau Brummel.
Moving forward in time, we have, in London, a statue of Charlie Chaplin.
Statue of Charlie Chaplin in London.
Another statue of Charlie Chaplin is in Vevey Switzerland.
Oscar Wilde is one of my favourites.
He arrived in the USA saying, I have nothing to declare except my genius. Photo by Maggi Hambling in Wikicommons.
Another political statue, in London, recalling South America, shows Bolivar.
Allies, in London's Mayfair, shows Winston Churchill and American President Franklin D Roosevelt together sitting on a bench in New Bond Street. Bronze statue. Room for you to be photographed between them.
You can also see F D Roosevelt in his wheelchair is in Washington DC, USA.
I love statues on benches.
I also like benches with books. Just the thoughts and ideas on the bench. (I have other posts on benches and statues.)
Sometimes what is most memorable is not the person depicted but the pose.
Rodin's the Burghers of Calais is in Victoria Tower Gardens, London.
Such as Rodin's The Thinker. He pops up in many places.
Such as Musee Rodin, France. Which has his grave and monument in the grounds.
Another copy of Rodin's Thinker is in the Central Business District, outside a bank, in Singapore.
More Rodin sculptures are in the USA in the Museum of Rodin in Philadelphia.
The Kiss, by Rodin is in Paris, in two locations.
A place for romantics.
At other times just part of the human body symbolises the good, the sad, or the spooky.
HANDS SCULPTURES
Here's the good.
Good and sad.
Helping hands memorial, London, commemorates, three workers who died trying to save their colleague.
Lorenzo Quinn
Lorenzo Quinn is the son of actor Anthony Quinn.
Building bridges, hands forming A shapes over water, Venice, Italy by Lorenzo Quinn
La Dolce Vita by Lorenzo Quinn, Photo by Moltkeplatz, Park Lane, London
Hands by Lorenzo Quinn, in Riverside Walk Gardens, London.
Loranzo Quinn Sculpture in Sitjes, Spain. Photo by Grey Geezer. Wiki.
But my favourite is the Lorenzo Quinn statue of two hands loving surrounding a tree.
He also has a restaurant where sculptures are displayed in Barcelona. he lives in Spain.
Holocaust Memorial, Miami
Photo by Daniel di Palma
Give and Take
Useful Websites
Interesting story of the statues and New Zealand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns_(Steell)
https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/can-you-even-handle-thes
e-gigantic-hand-statues-of-the-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colossal_statues
About the Author
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
Many more posts on statues in the UK, USA, and around the world. Also lots on lnaguages.
Please share links to your favourite posts.
'For the sake of Auld lang syne,' is sung the world over.r the world, you can see statues of Robbie Burns: in London, England; New York, USA; Dunedin, New Zealand and Dundee, Scotland. All copies of the same superb statue showing Burns seated, holding a book.
Robbie Burns statue in London. Open book in hand.
Robbie Burns statue in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Another copy is in Dundee, Scotland.
In London we have a statue of Brunel. The man who built The Thames tunnel under the river Thames, the railway west, Bristol's Brunel Bridge, (Clifton suspension bridge, and the ship SS Great Eastern to take travellers from the UK to the USA and back the other way, USA to UK.
Statue of Brunel standing on the Victoria Embankment. Wikipedia.
My favourite statue is the one of him seated at the station.
In London, near Piccadilly, see the statue of dandy, Beau Brummel.
Moving forward in time, we have, in London, a statue of Charlie Chaplin.
Statue of Charlie Chaplin in London.
Another statue of Charlie Chaplin is in Vevey Switzerland.
Oscar Wilde is one of my favourites.
He arrived in the USA saying, I have nothing to declare except my genius. Photo by Maggi Hambling in Wikicommons.
Another political statue, in London, recalling South America, shows Bolivar.
Allies, in London's Mayfair, shows Winston Churchill and American President Franklin D Roosevelt together sitting on a bench in New Bond Street. Bronze statue. Room for you to be photographed between them.
You can also see F D Roosevelt in his wheelchair is in Washington DC, USA.
I love statues on benches.
I also like benches with books. Just the thoughts and ideas on the bench. (I have other posts on benches and statues.)
Sometimes what is most memorable is not the person depicted but the pose.
Rodin's the Burghers of Calais is in Victoria Tower Gardens, London.
Such as Rodin's The Thinker. He pops up in many places.
Such as Musee Rodin, France. Which has his grave and monument in the grounds.
Another copy of Rodin's Thinker is in the Central Business District, outside a bank, in Singapore.
More Rodin sculptures are in the USA in the Museum of Rodin in Philadelphia.
The Kiss, by Rodin is in Paris, in two locations.
A place for romantics.
At other times just part of the human body symbolises the good, the sad, or the spooky.
HANDS SCULPTURES
Here's the good.
Good and sad.
Helping hands memorial, London, commemorates, three workers who died trying to save their colleague.
Lorenzo Quinn
Lorenzo Quinn is the son of actor Anthony Quinn.
Building bridges, hands forming A shapes over water, Venice, Italy by Lorenzo Quinn
La Dolce Vita by Lorenzo Quinn, Photo by Moltkeplatz, Park Lane, London
Hands by Lorenzo Quinn, in Riverside Walk Gardens, London.
Loranzo Quinn Sculpture in Sitjes, Spain. Photo by Grey Geezer. Wiki.
Give and Take, by Lorenzo Quinn, on the Paseo Maritim, (seaside), Casteldefels, Spain.
But my favourite is the Lorenzo Quinn statue of two hands loving surrounding a tree.
He also has a restaurant where sculptures are displayed in Barcelona. he lives in Spain.
Holocaust Memorial, Miami
Photo by Daniel di Palma
Give and Take
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| Mano des Desierto, Antofagusta, Chile, from Wikipedia Not to be confused with Chilean artist Mario Irarrazabal's work La Mano (the hand), de punta del Este in Uruguay.  Golden Bridge, Danang, Vietnam.  But my all time favourite is Lorenzo Quinn's Give, two hands reaching up around a growing olive tree. The video shows traffic in the road alongside so you must be able to see it from a public place. |
Useful Websites
Interesting story of the statues and New Zealand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns_(Steell)
https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/can-you-even-handle-thes
e-gigantic-hand-statues-of-the-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colossal_statues
About the Author
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
Many more posts on statues in the UK, USA, and around the world. Also lots on lnaguages.
Please share links to your favourite posts.
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