Sculptures made to stand in public places, such as a bronze rider in a city square, a group commemorating a medieval siege, a steel angel beside a highway, a tower of surrendered knives and a mirrored bean in a plaza. A work belongs here when the cited article places the work in a public setting or describes it as a monument or memorial. It excludes sculptures made for churches and for museum galleries. The group follows the setting the cited article names.
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Bronze Horseman (Wikipedia)
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The Bronze Horseman (Russian: Медный всадник, romanized: Medny vsadnik, lit. 'copper horseman') is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The Burghers of Calais (Wikipedia)
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It commemorates an event during the Hundred Years' War, when Calais, a French port on the English Channel, surrendered to the English after an 11-month siege.
Angel of the North (Wikipedia)
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The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.
Knife Angel (Wikipedia)
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The Knife Angel (also referred to as the National Monument Against Violence & Aggression) is a contemporary sculpture formed of 100,000 knives created by artist Alfie Bradley and the British Ironworks Centre, based in Oswestry,
Cloud Gate (Wikipedia)
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Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor that is the centerpiece of Grainger Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Tatlin's Tower (Wikipedia)
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Tatlinʼs Tower, or the project for the Monument to the Third International (1919-20), was a design for a grand monumental building by the Russian artist and architect Vladimir Tatlin, that was never built.
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