The Gundam series is an anime series in Japan featuring robots. It is a TV show and has been made into many other things. For the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam series in 2009 the company Bandai Namco announced a project called Real-G to make a life sized Gundam robot sculpture. The project was finished in June 2009 and opened on July 11, 2009. It was first placed in Shiokaze Park on Odaiba Island in Tokyo, Japan and attracted over 4 million visitors. It was taken down in September and reassembled in the city Shizuoka in July 2010 with additions.
This 1999 bronze sculpture of a top hat was made by Christopher Frost. It is stated that he made the sculpture because “it transports us back to an era when the hat was an indispensable item of grooming and etiquette, and an essential marker of identity.” The sculpture is located at Alice’s Garden in Somerville, Massachusetts.
The Savannah Bird Girl Statue was sculpted by a woman named Sylvia Shaw Judson in 1936.This bronze piece of art was sculpted for a garden in Massachusetts.The statue ended up in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah,Georgia.It remained unknown to the world for 48 years.Then in 1994 a photo of The Bird Girl ended up on a cover of John Berendt’s best selling book, “Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil.” The statue was removed from the cemetery and is now Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah.
The creator of Christ & St. Thomas was Andrea del Verrocchia. It was started in 1467 and finished in 1483. The sculpture was created in a bronze tone It is located in Florence, Italy. It is a Biblical statue. This statue was built “without backs” because it was only to be viewed from the front. Verrocchio made the statue in wax. Then plaster was put over the wax, and the wax was removed, leaving a mold. The metal was heated over a furnace until it melted and became molten liquid. The molten metal was poured into the mold and slowly allowed to cool. When the plaster was chipped away, the bronze statue was inside. The statue then needed to be finished and polished.
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/orsanmichele/verrocchio.html
This magnificent sculpture was made by the Greek sculpture Myron. For this sculpture he worked almost exclusively in bronze, and all though he made statues of gods and posts this was his absolute best in they eyes of his audiencees. It was one of the most famouse sculpture of its time. Myrons athlete engaged in discus throw boost vigorouse and convincing movement in a perfect made form. And was made during the classic period between the 4th and 5th century.
The Thinker
The Thinker is a bronze and marble sculpture that was created by Auguste Rodin in 1902. It is currently located in Musee Rodin, Paris. It is often used to represent philosophy. The sculpture was originally titled “The Poet”. It was first displayed at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904.
“Bird Girl” was sculpted originally in 1936 by a woman names Sylvia Shaw Judson. A young girl that Judson knew modeled for this, and she ended up making four of them. The most famous one that is seen here was sold to a family in Georgia who set it up in their family plot in the Bonaventure Cemetery; they called it Little Wendy. The statue remained mostly unnoticed until 1993 when she was featured on the cover of a novel by John Berendt. The book cover and the statue became very famous very quickly because of it’s innocent appeal in such a seemingly dark place. The family ended up giving the statue to the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah so that fans of the statue could view it easier.
I got my information from the following websites:
http://www.statue.com/itemdesc.asp?CartId=11116774-EVEREST-ZZQOB53&ic=FPO7777&cc=&tpc=
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_Girl
Bruce Nauman's neon sculpture created in 1967
This particular piece was created by American artist Bruce Nauman in 1967. It is titled “The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths.” It can be found at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is a neon sculpture created to look like signs in cheap motels, shop windows, and bars. Nauman’s sign advertises a deeply personal message as if it were for sale. Throughout his career, Nauman studied things that he thought to be the roles and responsibilities of an artist. The title statement of this piece is poetical, profound, and playful.
I got my information at http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/31965.html?mulR=21247|2
This is a sculpture of Amaterasu from Capcoms ‘Okami’. The sculpture was made with sculpey over an armature. This sculpture is 10in long and 6in tall. The artist didn’t note when it was sculpted, but based on the copyright on the site says 2009-2011. So we can guess it was sculpted sometime in 2009 by KaitlynClinkscales on Deviantart.com.
Images and information taken from http://kaitlynclinkscales.deviantart.com/
It was created by Francis Vecenti and it is made of marble and it was finished in 1855 in CA.
Overall (bust) measurement
Height: 22.75 inches (57.8 cm)
Width: 21.63 inches (54.9 cm)
Depth: 14.5 inches (36.8 cm)
While on delegation business in Washington, D.C., in 1855, Flat-mouth together with his colleague, Besheekee, sat for Francis Vicenti and helped create this piece for decoration at the US capital.
