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A person frozen mid-flex so the future can't forget who paid for the marble.
means A three-dimensional sculpture of a person or animal, usually carved or cast at roughly life size or larger, made to stand on its own.
from From Latin 'statua,' a thing that has been set up or made to stand, drawn from the verb 'statuere,' to set or place — itself rooted in 'stare,' to stand. So a statue is, at heart, simply 'something stood up'; the same 'stare' family stands behind 'stable,' 'status,' and 'state.' English took the word in via Old French 'statue.'
- riderless legs
- Horse leg myth about death in battle is false
- missing color
- Greek statues were painted in garish, lifelike hues
- liberty's weight
- Lady Liberty wears 31 tons of copper
- toppled often
- Falling statues mark the exact death of regimes
statue of liberty — 305-foot copper statue in new york harbor, dedicated 1886
christ the redeemer — 98-foot art deco statue overlooking rio de janeiro, brazil since 1931
moai of easter island — 887 monolithic stone figures built by rapa nui people, 1250-1500 ce
david by michelangelo — 17-foot marble renaissance statue in florence, italy, completed 1504