Talk:Equestrian statue

message: *Equestrian - wikipedia is not a dictionary. and i cannot see any way this article could be anything more than a word definition. Kingturtle 16:57, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: subject

message: I'm under the impression that the position of the horse's front hooves indicate how the rider died (both up means "died in battle," etc.).  That information may be useful, if there's anyone who knows for sure. Brian Sayrs 01:54, 2004 Dec 25 (UTC)
:The convention is that if the horse is rampant, the rider died in battle.  If the horse has one front leg up, the rider was wounded in battle or died of wounds sustained in battle, and if all four hooves are on the ground, the rider died of causes other than combat.  However, snopes.com notes that of at least 30 equestrian statues in Washington DC, only 10 follow that convention.  --Unfocused 00:19, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: A highly entertaining, but naive view of iconography, without any foundation in actual practice. --Wetman 02:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I second that emotion.  I surveyed a lot of equestrian works with this urban myth in mind and the correlation was very low. Carptrash 02:29, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Yeah, also doesn't apply to Custer's statue in Monroe, MI (all four feet are on the ground). Windsor (talk) 12:37, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

text: The Popular belief section only talks about the United States but doesn't mention its only talking about the United States. The section should be neutralised to be about the whole world. The belief probably came from Europe anyway. Besides, the belief can be easily disproved as there are equestrian statues of living people who clearly haven't died at all. Can somebody please fix up the section? McLerristarr (Mclay1) (talk) 01:16, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Convention?

message: In English an equestrian is a mounted rider. Otherwise equestrian is only an adjective: An "equestrian statue", an "equestrian bronze", an "equestrian monument", an "equestrian sculpture of bronze" etc. An "equestrian Marcus Aurelius" is right; an "equestrian of Marcus Aurelius" as formerly in this article, is wrong. It's worth knowing, especially in the context of this article.--Wetman 02:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: thanks dude  - - an' "right on."  Meanwhile this article has become a real tar baby for me.  But one day soon I'm gonna bust the United States section wide open. Carptrash 02:26, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Equestrian" in English usage

message: to have the biggest of everything, but that don't make it so.
I cut this sentence out;
:The Mustangs of Las Colinas, in Irving, Texas claims to be the world's largest equestrian sculpture.
because according to the way equestrian sculpture is defined here, there is a rider needed and this Texas work does not have one.  I will come up with a statue  more challenging to this definition shortly.  Carptrash 16:36, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps there is no mewntion of it because you have not added it to the article?  Wikipedia works best when you do things your self, rather then pointing out things for other folks to do. Carptrash 23:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Texans will claim 

message: There is not a single citation on this page. While I believe the stuff under the heading "Popular belief", it would be nice to have an actual source. Shinigami27 23:57, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations 

message: - surely the usual term (172K ghits vs 15K)?  Any objections? Johnbod (talk) 13:34, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As no one has edited the page for 6 months, and more of the incoming links use statue, I have gone ahead. Johnbod (talk) 14:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propose move to [[Equestrian statue]] 

message: Was it da vinci that first made an equestrian statue with two legs in the air? I remember reading it in a book... but I want to be sure. 120.28.64.72 (talk) 15:32, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not sure that this equestrian was ever built.  Maybe he did others?  Carptrash (talk) 14:18, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Da Vinci 

message: I am basically in favor of large amounts of pictures in articles such as this one, but I feel that they can and SHOULD offer more than just an image.  I'd like to propose that pictures used in this article re required to include not just where the statue is and who it represents but also should list the date and sculptor of the work.  This would mean that each picture actually contributed some facts to the article beyond just existence. Also, the whole thing needs to be arranged better.  But first, please get back to me on the above proposal or I will take the slash and burn approach. Carptrash (talk) 13:49, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  the gallery 

message: It seems that this article missed the Gilt Bronzes from Cartoceto di Pergola, a roman group with two equestrian statues. Please add them. --Accurimbono (talk) 22:23, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bronzes from Pergola 

message: Please include the equestrian statue of Civil War General Philip Sheridan (1831-1888) which is located at Main & Columbus Streets in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio.
Musicwriter (talk) 15:59, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another on in Ohio 

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