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the shores of Syria and the ships that
sailed OH the coast of Egypt, by the help
Of glasses which were hung on the stat
ue's neck. Notwithstanding that it was
ballasted with stones to secure stability
it was partly destroyed by sn earth
quake B. G. 224. Its remains are said
to have been sold A. d. 672 by the Sar
acens, who were masters of the island,
to Jewish merchant Of Odessa, who
loaded 900 camels with the metal whose
value has been estimated at what would
be represented i'll United States money
by $1SO, 900.
Rome, especially under the empire,
erected many colossal bronze statues,
representing utmost cases Caesars that
had been deified even while living.
That of Nero by Zenodoras was 1lO
feet in height.
In Japan there is q brass statue of
Buddha, represented seated, which is
SO feet in height. In India and China
most of the gigantic idols are of mason
ry or OF roughly carved wood.
In the middle ages there were the
Saint Christophers that were erected at
great statues Of Roland.
Al uOoClh t4LACc SVlVss0f haNC
generally been constructed only when
the distance from the point of view
rendered it necessary 10 increase the
have often felt the need of Joining mater
ial grandeur to that of expression.
In the frat rank of these stands Mi
chael Angelo, of whose work we shall
cite only his David, in marble, more
than l6 feet in height, his bronze stat
ue of Julius H., three times the size of
life, and his Moses-the chef dGuUre of
modern sculpture.
At Villa PratolinO, near Florence,
there is much admired stone statue of
Jupiter Pluvius, 20 feet in height, from
the chisel of Jean de Bologne.
Almost all the recent colossal statues
have been cast in bronze. We may cite
the following.
The equestrian statue of Peter the
Great by Falconet (l766), at St. Peters
burg. The figure of the czar is IL feet
and the horse 1S feet In height. The
entire group weighs 39, 500 pounds.
The statue of Bavaria ,inaugurated in
1850. near Zurich. This is so feet in
height aud weighs l $50 hundredweight.
The plaster model was divided into Is
pieces for moulding in bronze, and this
latter operation took about six years.
The Virgin of the Puy, a work of the
sculptor Bonasieux, inaugurated in
1860. The height ofthis is so feet, and
its weight 22O, 900 pounds.
Finally, the colossal statue of Armin-
ius, inaugurated in 1875 upon the sum-
nit of the GrOtenburg, near Detmold,
Westphalia. The height of this is about
, Is feet, not including the sword, which
f measures nearly 25 feet. The weight of
the W mole is 237 hundredweight.
Z The most remarkable example of the
) use of rep0MsSe work in colossal
, statuary is certainly the St. Charles
, Borr omeo of the sculptor Serani, which
, was erected in 1897 near Aroma. In
its construction this statue much resem-
. bles Bartholdi's Liberty; so it merits
particular mention. Its height is 76
:, feet, Or, including the pedstal, lis feet.
3 The length of the arm is 80 feet. that OF
the nose 80 inches, and that of the fore
8 finger feet.
1 The statue is of repousse copper sup
!, ported, through hon clamps and trus-
: sing, by internal masonry which il
= nearly tangent to the copper shell, and
e which rises as far as to the neck. The
copper plates are but .O6 inch thick
. They did not have to be hammered
over patterns, but directly by hand
y These plates are quite boldly joined to.
e gether by large rivets 1.6 inches apart
9 They are connected directly with thu
It masonry by means of eye b Its ant
8 hooks. The right arm, which is nearl,
+ horizontal, is support ed by large oal
4 beam, of 14x15 inches IN sections, ,sealet
+ into the masonry, and provided wit
fiat irons, like the yard Of a ship. Thi
= beam is supported by rods sealed int
+ the masonry. The wood is now rotten
d and will have to be replaced. The LEI
= hand, which holds book, is supporte
70 by three iron rods suspended from
,e beam that is sealed into the masonry.
v The statue is entered through an ap
ie erture hidden under fold in the alt
le and which Is reached by ladder. Th
70 ascent is very difficult.
v As regards other recently constructs
statues of hammered copper, we hardl
,e need cite any but the one erected 9
m Alise- Sainte- Refine in honor of Vel
IN cingetorix, the heroic defender of tn
of Gauls. Its height is 23 feet.