A realistic statue of an almost-naked man lurking on a women's college campus is making some students very uncomfortable.
The venue, which will host many of the Olympic football events, is hewn out of the Communist bloc — neo-realistic statues to artisans stand outside in the car park and its design is one that puts practicality over aesthetics.
Like a fake tree that spits fire, a hyper-realistic statue of a homeless woman, and a quilt made out of a couple of thousand Barbie doll shower caps.
Cindy Castano Swannack called the police the first time she drove by the realistic bronze statue, explaining to NBC Charlotte, "I was concerned for the safety of the neighborhood".
Cindy Castano Swannack called the police the first time she drove by the realistic bronze statue, explaining to NBC Charlotte, "I was concerned for the safety of the neighborhood". She protested, "Jesus is not a vagrant, Jesus is not a helpless person who needs our help". A plaque next to the sculpture reveals that it is displayed in memory of Kate MacIntyre, who died from cancer in 2007.
Many Greek sculptors used a set of ratios to make their statues realistic.
Farther afield one could add Pataliputra in India, reputed to be the most populous city in the world in the third century B.C.; or the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor, who died in 210 B.C. Qin erected thousands of realistic terra-cotta statues of soldiers around his tomb; these Xi'an Warriors have been famous since they were first discovered in 1974.
And a later, startlingly realistic life-size statue of St. John the Baptist (early 17th century) by Juan Martinez Montanes departs innovatively from the estofado technique by the use of a more natural polychrome finish.
+A creepily realistic semi-nude statue of a sleepwalker is installed at New York's High Line Park.
To cynics, this reflects a regime desperate to shore up its domestic position, though in truth, there is no realistic alternative.WednesdayAN IMPOSING statue of Josef Stalin dominates the central square of Gori, the town in which he was born 130 years ago.
