Sculpture

National World War II Memorial (2004) by Friedrich St. Florian

Whimsical graffiti is not what you'd expect to find within this grandiose Washington memorial, but a small engraved doodle of…

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St. Augustine of Hippo (1955-57) by John Skeaping

A statue of St. Augustine adorns the wall of a London office building. Near the base of the statue sits…

5 years ago

Alma Mater (1903)
by Daniel Chester French

Surviving a dynamite blast, vandalism, and coats of paint, Columbia University’s Alma Mater statue has watched over the bustling Manhattan…

5 years ago

Monument to Nelson Mandela, Union Buildings (2013) by Andre Prinsloo & Ruhan Janse van Vuuren

South African President Jacob Zuma unveiled this huge statue of Nelson Mandela in December 2013, in an emotional ceremony eleven…

5 years ago

Pietà (1499) by Michelangelo

Michelangelo was only 24 when he finished the Pietà. After the statue was installed in St. Peter’s Basilica, he reportedly…

5 years ago