Statues With Limitations

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10 World Famous Statues

Statues have been created by man since the prehistory for all kinds of reasons and in all sizes. One of the first statues, a 29.6 cm (11.7 inches) high sculpture called the Lion Man, was created almost 32,000 years ago. The original Seven Wonders of the World included two statues: The Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Today, statues have been erected all over the world representing everything from religious deities, historical events and influential people.
http://www.touropia.com/world-famous-statues/

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[h=1]Two Men Who Did the Right Thing[/h]The monument was representative of a time in history, beyond baseball, that in the late 1940's reached to the deepest, the most tragic, and yet the most elevating moments of a nation in racial crisis. Robinson, a black man, was breaking the long-held racial barrier in the major leagues. Reese, from Louisville, Ky., had inherited a teammate whom many people did not want to see play major league baseball.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/sports/baseball/02robinson.html?_r=1&

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Lord, it's a long way down!

Repair work begun on Rio de Janeiro's famed Christ statue after two fingers and its head were chipped during recent lightning storms.

Officials believe it will take at least four months to repair the damage after workers carried out the first up-close examination of the 125-foot (38-meter) Christ the Redeemer statue following the lightning storms.
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33 colossal monuments and statues around the world

WE OFTEN FIND OURSELVES MARVELING at the largest geological features on Earth, from the peaks of Mount Everest and K2 to the depths of the Mariana Trench. But humankind has left its own forms of colossal structures.


Built to commemorate memorable historical figures, deities, and events, utterly massive monuments and statues can be found all over the planet. Check out these 35 photos of colossal undertakings that define the word “monumental.”

http://matadornetwork.com/trips/33-colossal-monuments-statues-around-world/

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The bread line sculpture at the Roosevelt Memorial was amazingly detailed. In fact, I think the Roosevelt Memorial in general showed an amazing amount of thought, and told a story more effectively than any other memorial we visited. I just so happened to capture a man who appears to already have gotten his bread! This photo needed to be black and white so that the living man blended in better with the bronze statues.
http://www.engineersotherlife.com/2012/03/favourite-photos-washington-dc.html


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Myrna Loy
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Immortalized/MyrnaLoy.shtml


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On October 8, 1987, a Kate Smith statue was dedicated outside the Spectrum in Philadelphia before the Flyers game vs. the Montreal Canadians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Smith
 
Platform Sandals Revealed on Greek Statues Guarding Alexander-Era Tomb

"Let these ancient statues be an inspiration to tall girls who want to wear heels: A pair of caryatids revealed in a tomb in Greece stand more than 7 feet tall, and they have a little extra height from their platform sandals".

"Archaeologists recently uncovered the feet of the wavy-haired female statues standing guard at the entrance of a huge burial complex in Amphipolis. The stone statues' delicately carved toes have survived for more than 2,300 years, and their thick-soled shoes, known as kothornoi, have even retained traces of red and yellow paint, new photos show".

http://www.livescience.com/47939-platform-sandals-ancient-greek-statues.html
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Located near the front entrance of the Reynolds Alumni Building the statue of cartoon character Beetle Bailey and the surrounding gardens pay tribute to The Shack, a student hangout located nearby which burned to the ground in the late 80's. It is supposed that Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey, and one of MU's distinguished alums hung out there and used this a model for Beetle Bailey's hangout.
http://gardens.missouri.edu/about/descriptions/beetle-bailey.php
 
Green Bay Packers unveil statue in tribute to famous Lambeau Leap

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers unveiled a bronze statue outside Lambeau Field that honors one of the team's traditions.


A small crowd gathered outside Lambeau Field to catch the first glimpse of the Lambeau Leap statue on Friday.


The sculpture pays tribute to the post-touchdown celebration of a player jumping into the stands behind the end zone.


Former Packers safety LeRoy Butler is credited with starting the ritual on Dec. 26, 1993, when he jumped into the crowd after scoring a late touchdown in Green Bay's 28-0 win over the Los Angeles Raiders.


"It was very spontaneous," recalled Butler, who attended the ceremony Friday. "I can't even tell a fib and say I thought about it."


The big play that prompted the first Lambeau Leap came after Hall of Fame defensive end Reggie White picked up a fumble and lateraled the ball to Butler, who ran the final 25 yards to Lambeau's south end zone.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...tribute-famous-lambeau-leap-article-1.1889661

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