Favourite statues?

[gabrielle]

I would like to ask you ladies, If You have got any favorite statues in Europe/World.. wherever, statues that you have already seen during your trips our journeys, and of which you have made loads of photos, and couldn't take your eyes off for example or statues that you would luv to see in the future? Me, I'm very passionate about sculptures, especialy those from classic period (Canova, Thorvaldsen, Fontaine or Percier)
Looking forward to seeing answers from you
Gabi:D

[judypatooty]

Heck! No one else has a favorite statue?

I loved the Winged Victory of Samothrace in the Louvre in Paris.



I think it has a lot to do with how it is situated at the top of that long, long flight of stairs and right under a big skylight. It's such a dramatic position. When I saw it in 1979, I had gotten to the Louvre right at opening time so there weren't any of the big crowds of tourists.

I really need to go back.

[peach]

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The one and only, no dirty thoughts here ladies. The first time I saw this in person I was in awe. It's Michaelangelo's David, at the Accademia Museum in Florence. I stayed over three hours watching the light change the look of it, in a word it is absolutely breathtaking. It is one of my faves.

[tipou]

well, have not been to europe... so i will be lots more down to earth...
i love those little angels and carvings on tumbstones.
no... i am not morbid here. photographed in details, put out of context, they are not morbid at all. they are very cute and intriguing.

[gabrielle]

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Napoleons Statue by Antonio Canova in Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.. I could stare at Him for hours

[judypatooty]

I've never seen the David statue in person, but I have a refrigerator magnet set like the one below:


That's not my fridge, by the way. My David has a more extensive wardrobe, including a leather jacket! Although I usually just keep him nice and naked.

[dreamer]

I love Canova and his statues of Love and Psyche in the two versions. I saw them last may at Louvre.

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The other one I like is this below by Michelangelo.

[peach]

no explanation needed

St Gauden's Diana at the Metropolitan Museum NYC

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One of my all time faves, this at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park NYC, popular meeting place.

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Lovely collection so far.

[francesca]

I agree with Peach ... Michaelo Angelo's David must be the most beautiful creation in the world .I saw it in Florence too It shut me up for quite a while, and that takes some doing
Rodin's the kiss comes second.. sorry haven't got a pic

[ofelia1]

Very difficoult to choose a favourite work of art, because your reactions to it depend on your mood, the moment of your life you are and your experience... Surely Miguel Angel is always wonderful, any of his works i just amazing, you can't stop looking at them. For me, among the ones I've seen to the moment, my favourite is "La Pietà" that Peach has posted. Pictures just can't show how you feel when you are in front of it, as it is commonly said, is how the artist captured the exact moment of death what makes it so wonderful. It is a religious statue of course, but Miguel Angel makes you forget about it (in my view) and you are just looking at mother holding his son while he is diying, so touching, so sad. It always reminds me a figure in Picasso's Guernika, a mother holding the dead body of her child, murdered by the bombs, it is one of the most sad pictures I can think of, but at the same awsome.




Another statue by which I was very impressed is "Il Cristo Velato" of Giuseppe Sammartino. I saw it Napoli a few years ago and I remember perfectly the feeling I had while walking towards it in the church where it is. Again, pictures can't show reality, because the pictures I found, and my own pictures, seem a little scary while there, the main feeling is a mixture of peace and sadness.