Venus de Milo is an armless goddess. Tallest statues in the world

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The majestic statue of the three-faced goddess is located on an artificially created island. The statue has three aspects, with one facing inland and the other two facing the South China Sea to represent the blessing and protection of Guanyin from China and the world. One aspect depicts Guanyin holding a sutra in her left hand and gesturing mudra with her right; the second - from palm to leg, holding a rosary; and the third is in the lotus position. The statue is the personification of peace, wisdom and mercy, and the name of the goddess means “watcher of the suffering of the world.”

The number 108 is sacred in Buddhism, so the total height of the statue - 108 meters - is not unexpected. The number of beads in the rosary is also 108. The opening at the end of six years of construction was attended by 108 chief monks from various Buddhist groups in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, as well as tens of thousands of pilgrims.

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“The Motherland is calling!” - compositional center of the monument-ensemble “To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” on Mamayev Kurgan. One of the tallest statues in the world, the tallest statue in Russia and Europe (without a pedestal - the tallest statue in the world at the time of construction for 22 years). The statue is an allegorical image of the Motherland calling its sons to fight the enemy.

The sculpture is the central part of a triptych, which includes the “Rear to Front” monument in Magnitogorsk, in which the Worker gives the Warrior a sword forged in the Urals; this monument, symbolizing that this striking sword was raised in Stalingrad, and the “Warrior-Liberator” monument in Berlin, in which the sword of war was lowered by the Soldier.

Construction of the monument began in May 1959 and was completed on October 15, 1967. The sculpture at the time of its creation was the tallest sculpture in the world. Restoration work on the Main monument of the monument-ensemble was carried out twice: in 1972 and 1986; in particular, the sword was replaced in 1972.

The sculpture is made of prestressed concrete - 5,500 tons of concrete and 2,400 tons of metal structures (excluding the base on which it stands). It is the tallest non-religious statue in the world.

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Near the city of Ashibetsu there is one of the statues of the goddess of mercy Kannon, 88 meters tall. But it was opened in 1989, and one of the features of this structure is the presence of a statue on top observation deck, from where a truly amazing view opens up.

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The bronze Buddha statue depicting Shakyamuni Buddha is located on Lingshan Hill, near the city of Wuxi (Jiangsu Province, China) and has a height of 8 meters. Considered the largest bronze statue in the world. The first stone was laid on April 20, 1994, and the opening took place three and a half years later - on November 15, 1997. The weight of the statue is about 800 tons.

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This statue is known throughout the world as the "Great Buddha". You can find it near the city of Ang Thong. The seated figure occupies an area 63 meters wide and has a height of 92 meters. It took 18 years to create and is made of cement coated with gold paint.

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Goddess Guanyin is a feminine and maternal deity in Chinese, Korean and Japanese mythology (Goddess Kannon). She is revered as a helper, patroness and intercessor, rewarding mothers and children with special care.

Behind the image of the goddess captured in this sculpture lies ancient legend. Guanyin was so kind and sympathetic that she wanted to help every living creature on earth. The supreme deities heard her and gave her a thousand hands to help and a thousand eyes to see who needed it. This is where the popular name for the statue came from – “Thousand Hands and Eyes of Guanyin.”

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The goddess of mercy Kannon is an important figure in the mythology and modern culture of Japan. The world-famous company Canon, by the way, is named after her. A statue of the merciful goddess stands on the temple grounds where services are held in honor of the goddess. Inside the monument there are stairs and an elevator. Those interested can go through the gate in the form of a dragon's mouth, go up to the 12th floor and enjoy the view of the city of Sendai and its surroundings from this height.

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Ushiku Daibutsu is a statue of Amitabha Buddha in Japanese city Mustache. This is the third largest Buddha statue in the world. Its height is 100 meters, and with a lotus-shaped base and platform - 120 meters. It is located in the middle of Usiku Arcadia Park. “Arcadia” in English spelling in this case means an anagram of the sutra “Amida's Radiance and Compassion Actually Developing and Illuminating Area.” In the past, this area was called Yodo Teien and was a place of self-awareness on the path of the bodhisattva Dharmakara, who, after a long period of self-contemplation, achieved enlightenment here and became the Buddha Amitabha.

The inside of the Ushiku Daibutsu consists of more than 6,000 bronze plates. The weight of the statue is 4000 tons. The length of the left arm is 18 meters. The length of the ear is 10 meters, the length of the face is 20 meters. The length of the mouth is 4 meters, the eyes are 2.5 meters, the nose is 1.2 meters.

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The Spring Temple Buddha depicts Vairocana Buddha, one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas in Vajrayana Buddhism. The idea to build the shrine arose after the Taliban blew up two huge Buddha statues in Afghanistan. The Chinese reacted very sharply to this event. Then they decided to erect a majestic statue in Henan province that would fully convey the respectful attitude of the Chinese towards the Buddhist heritage. Construction ended quite soon - in 2002. In 2010, the hill on which the statue was erected was transformed into two large stone steps, so the height of the entire structure from the top to the very base is 208 meters.

33 tons of copper, 108 kilograms of gold and 15 thousand tons of special steel were used to make the statue itself. It was created from separate parts, which were then assembled into one whole; in total there were approximately 1,100 such pieces. The cost of the Spring Buddha is about $18 million, and the cost of the entire project is $55 million.

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The first place is occupied by the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni - Lezhong-Sasazha. Construction of this monument began in 1996 and lasted for 12 long years; its official opening took place in February 2008. So for a long time construction, among other things, can be explained by the remarkable fact that the statue was built solely on donations local residents. It is also of interest that the statue of Lezhong Sasazha has a rather complex structure: the standing statue of Buddha has 27 floors and a special elevator, and the reclining statue houses a temple.

Aphrodite was one of the twelve Olympian gods. She symbolized love, strong marriages, and was considered the goddess of fertility. They said that she had a cup filled with wine, and if someone took a sip, she would gain eternal youth. There were also rumors that wherever Venus set foot, flowers immediately appeared in that place and herbs blossomed, symbolizing the goddess herself. As soon as she appeared somewhere, everyone revered her beauty, people, animals and even gods bowed their heads in delight before her.

Tall, slender and with golden hair framing a beautiful, gentle face - she was the very personification of eternal youth, love and fertility. One of the sculptors, but to this day they have not found out who exactly, decided to capture her beauty in white marble, and Aphrodite today can be admired in the Louvre building, where she is depicted by a statue of Venus.

Why are the Venus statues missing arms?

There is an old legend regarding the absence of her hands. The essence of the myth is that one talented sculptor wandered through cities and countries in search of an incredibly beautiful girl who could serve as a model for a young talent. It so happened that he found such a beauty on the island of Milos. He invited the young girl to pose for a sculpture of the Venus de Milo. And since the girl even then liked this talented guy, she agreed with pleasure. During the breaks of creation, they gave themselves to love, giving themselves to each other, and one day, when the sculpture was almost finished, all that remained was to create hands, the lovers again indulged in pleasures. Then the artist had a heart attack and died, leaving the world with a sculpture without arms.

But this is just a legend; in fact, the statue of Venus lost its arms when the Turks tried to take it away from the French. The statue itself was made approximately 200 BC, during the reign of Alexander the Great, and was discovered in 1820 by an ordinary peasant named Yurgos.

How was the statue found?

He had no idea about archaeology, but discovered the Venus de Milo sculpture while simply plowing a plot of land, trying to feed his large family. While digging the ground, he accidentally came across something solid. Trying to get the object that was bothering him, he dug deeper and deeper. Seeing white marble, he was very surprised and at the same time delighted, because he could get some kind of income for the stone (at that time, as he knew, people used such stone to build houses). Having unearthed the entire stone, his surprise knew no bounds, because in front of him lay a two-meter tall, marvelously beautiful woman made of marble, mixed with earth, the picture was even more amazing. The statue was located, as it were, in a niche, where a couple more not so large statues, and a few other trinkets.

Yurgos was incredibly happy about the find, because even without any special knowledge, and not understanding antiques, he understood that this was one of the greatest creations, for which you could get much more than for stone fenders for houses. With the help of his friends, he moved the statue into a barn, and then, as they say, sold it to the local secretary of the French embassy in Istanbul (at that time Greece, as well as this island, were under Turkish rule). The French ambassador, in turn, sent this greatest sculpture without arms as a gift to the French art museum - the Louvre. So, in the end, the sculpture ended up in France, where you can admire it today. The Venus de Milo sculpture was named so precisely because of the island where it was found. People from all over the world come to the Louvre to look at this beauty, despite the fact that the museum is full of masterpieces of other equally famous creators of art, such as Michelangelo, Francois Boucher, Theodore Gericault, Leonardo da Vinci, and thousands of other exhibits from different countries and times.

But shortly after the discovery, it was found out that the sculpture of the Venus de Milo was seen by two more people, these were Materrere, as well as the famous Dumont D'Urville, who subsequently left notes regarding the statue of Venus. In his notes, the sailor Materror described that the consul, in response to their requests with Dumont D'Urville to show the niche where the statue was found, took them away and demonstrated it. He said that in this niche there was a statue of a beautiful girl, but it had some flaw: the statue was practically without arms, and the tip of its nose was cut off.

But, since Dumont D'Urville was a researcher, he periodically sent his report to the French Academy of Sciences. In his report, he described the statue itself in detail, down to the slightest bends, but it also reported that the sculpture without arms still had arms! In one of them, raised, she held an apple, and with the second she held the fabric hugging her hips and covering her nakedness. Subsequently, it was indicated in the records, the hands were separated from the body. So at the moment there were two stories that contradicted each other.

So, the truth is that Materrere admitted a few years later that the statue had hands, but the right one, which held the robe, was damaged in the bend area. The same version, another 20 years later, was confirmed by the son of the peasant himself.

Where is the truth?

But where did the hands of the statue of Venus go? The answer to this question also exists. Durville and Materrere went to look at the sculpture, but, unfortunately, the priest wanted a lot of money, and the sailors could not afford the statue. Having subsequently visited one of the evenings, D'Urville told the secretary of the French embassy about the wonderful find, and he, without wasting a minute, went to the peasant for one of the greatest creations. But by the time the secretary got to the peasant, this statue was already being loaded onto the ship. The fact is that Yurgos dropped the price a little, and the local priest decided to buy the sculpture in order to give it as a gift to the translator of the Pasha of Constantinople. Seeing that the desired item was practically slipping out of his hands, the secretary initially tried to negotiate, but the priest was relentless, and then a real fight broke out between them, in which the French gained the upper hand. During the same fight, the hands of the Venus de Milo sculpture were broken off. That's why Materrer tried to hide the truth in his memoirs, he was simply afraid of a diplomatic scandal.

Nowadays, it is the absence of hands on the statue of Venus that gives it a peculiar zest, because now the sculpture has not only beauty, but also its own history. Many tourists come to the Louvre to hear the legends and admire the beauty with their own eyes..

The Venus de Milo, also known as Aphrodite de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue that is considered one of the most famous creations of ancient Greek culture. Created between 130 and 100 AD. BC e. Depicts Aphrodite (Venus among the ancient Romans) - the Greek goddess of love and beauty. The statue is made of white marble. It reaches a height of 203 cm and has ideal proportions of the human body, corresponding to the rule of the golden ratio.

The statue is incomplete. The arms and original baseboard or main platform are missing. They were lost after the discovery of this sculpture. It is believed that the creator's name was listed on the platform. This is the famous master of the Hellenistic era, Alexandros of Antioch. Currently, this ancient masterpiece is located in Paris in the Louvre. Got its name from Greek island Milos in the Aegean Sea, where it was discovered.

History of the discovery of Venus de Milo

It is not known exactly who exactly discovered the unique statue. According to one version, it was found on April 8, 1820 by the peasant Yorgos Kentrotas in the ancient city ruins of Milos near the village of Tripiti. According to another version, the discoverers were Giorgos Bottonis and his son Antonio. These people accidentally walked into a small underground cave, located near the ruins of an ancient theater, and discovered a beautiful marble statue and other marble fragments. This happened in February 1820.

However, there is a third version. From it, the Venus de Milo was found by the French naval officer Olivier Voutier. He explored the island, trying to find ancient artifacts. The young peasant Wouter helped him in this. This couple dug up a unique statue in ancient ruins. In this case, the upper part of the body and the lower part with the plinth lay separately along with columns (herms) topped with heads. Venus held an apple in her left hand.

View of Venus de Milo from front and back

But most likely, local peasants found the statue and, looking for a buyer, reported the find to the Frenchman Olivier Voutier. I bought that ancient masterpiece, but it did not have permission to export. It could only be obtained from Turkish officials who were in Istanbul. Another naval officer, Jules Dumont-Durville, managed to organize such permission through the French ambassador to Turkey.

While bureaucratic nuances were being sorted out in Istanbul, the unique find was in the custody of the peasant Dimitri Moraitis. But here you have to do small retreat and say that the search for ancient artifacts in the 19th century was considered an extremely profitable and popular business. Thousands of people were engaged in it, and both the state and the owners of private collections bought unique finds. At the same time, it was considered very prestigious to exhibit in state museum An ancient masterpiece unique in its beauty. As a result of this, entire teams of searchers scoured the Nile Valley and the islands Mediterranean Sea, hoping to get rich quickly.

Venus de Milo today (left) and its original version (right)

Therefore, a peasant holding a statue of a woman with an apple in her raised left hand and with her right hand supporting her clothes on her hips was tempted by a financial offer from Greek pirates. The Venus de Milo was sold to sea robbers, and the French had no choice but to take her back by force. In one of the battles, French sailors captured the statue, but while they were dragging it on board, they lost both arms and the plinth. However, in a heated battle they did not return for them.

After this, the brigantine spread its sails and rushed with all possible speed to its native French shores, as information about the historical value of the statue reached the Turkish Sultan. He ordered to take it away from the French at any cost and bring it from Istanbul. But courageous French sailors, risking their freedom and lives, managed to avoid a collision with Turkish ships. The unique ancient masterpiece was safely delivered to Paris.

Venus de Milo in the Louvre

In Paris, the brought statue was immediately placed in the Louvre. There the upper and lower parts were combined into a single whole. There was also a small fragment of the left arm, but they did not attach it to the body. The entire Venus de Milo was originally made from 7 blocks of Parian marble. One block for the naked torso, another for the robed legs, one block for each arm, a small block for the right leg, a block for the plinth and a separate block representing a small column standing near the statue.

Full view of the statue - this is how the Venus de Milo looked in ancient times

In 1821, the restored sculpture was shown to Louis XVIII. He admired the ancient masterpiece, and after that it became available for public viewing. In the fall of 1939, the statue was packed and removed from the Louvre due to the outbreak of World War II. Throughout the war years, it was kept in the castle of Valence in central France, where other historical masterpieces were also kept.

After the war, the Venus de Milo was returned to the Louvre. There it remains to this day in one of the museum’s galleries on the first floor. It is considered one of the best classical sculptures Ancient world, personifying feminine beauty and the perfection of human bodies.

To the question, what is the name of the statue that has no arms - a girl? given by the author Survey the best answer is that the world-famous Venus de Milo is exhibited in the Louvre, in the Department of Ancient Art... The statue is beautiful - there are no words, but no less beautiful is the tragic story associated with the appearance of this creation in France...

Literally immediately the Turks missed the loss and overtook the cart with the statue. A quarrel and a fight ensued, Venus moved from one camp to another several times, everyone pulled her to their side...



So they still haven't been found...

Supporting the toga with one hand,
Without raising trembling eyelashes,
Like the secret of beauty,
Like a challenge to God.
She is standing. the queen of all queens.
On a long neck
Not a single fold
Two lines are barely outlined.
And the hole at the collarbone
Breathes sweetly
And the necklace is like lace.
She stands openly
Not hiding
And the young marble breast
Heaving, agitated, crowded,
Tall and a little warm.
Early spring morning
Farmer
I found her by chance in a furrow.
Peasant son
A tough guy and a craftsman,
He gasped
I was surprised by the beauty.
He was worried about her
Not knowing
Among my countless worries,
That this woman is unearthly
To the present day
He will live peacefully.

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Aphrodite

Answer from Clubfoot[active]
Venus!

Answer from Gabber[guru]
Venus

Answer from Kisa Kotova[guru]
Venus de Milo however....

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Her name was Praskovya. She was modeled after Praskovya Tulupova.

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The Venus de Milo was discovered by chance on the island of Milos in 1820 by a Greek peasant, Georgeschi. In order to profitably sell his find, Georgeski hid the antique statue in a goat pen for the time being. It was here that the young French officer Dumont-Durville saw her. An educated officer, a participant in the expedition to the Greek islands, he immediately appreciated the well-preserved masterpiece. Undoubtedly, it was the Greek goddess of love and beauty - Venus. Moreover, she was holding in her hand an apple, given to her by Paris in the famous dispute between the three goddesses.
The peasant asked a huge price for his masterpiece, but Dumont-D'Urville did not have that kind of money. However, he understood the true price of the statue and asked to hold Venus until he got the required amount. The officer went to the French ambassador in Constantinople to persuade him to buy the statue for France.
But, returning to Milos, Dumont-D'Urville learned that the statue had already been sold to some Turkish official and was even packed in a box. She was about to be taken away. Dumont-D'Urville threw the peasant huckster some more money (a huge amount) and again bought Venus. She was urgently placed on a stretcher and taken to the port where the French ship was moored.
Literally immediately the Turks missed the loss and overtook the cart with the statue. A quarrel and a brawl ensued, Venus moved several times from one camp to another, everyone pulled her to his side...
So the hands of the masterpiece were torn off.
The French won and, before reinforcements arrived to the Turks, they urgently boarded the ship and sailed away.
And the marble hands of Venus were forgotten in a hurry at the port.
So they still haven't been found...

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The silence of the great statues holds many secrets.

When Auguste Rodin was asked how he created his statues, the sculptor repeated the words of the great Michelangelo: “I take a block of marble and cut off everything unnecessary from it.” This is probably why the sculpture of a true master always creates a feeling of miracle: it seems that only a genius can see the beauty that is hidden in a piece of stone.

We are in website We are sure that in almost every significant work of art there is a mystery, a “double bottom” or a secret story that you want to reveal. Today we will share a few of them.

Horned Moses

Michelangelo Buanarrotti, "Moses", 1513-1515

Michelangelo depicted Moses with horns in his sculpture. Many art historians attribute this to misinterpretation of the Bible. The Book of Exodus says that when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the tablets, the Jews found it difficult to look at his face. At this point in the Bible, a word is used that can be translated from Hebrew as both “rays” and “horns.” However, based on the context, we can definitely say that we are talking specifically about rays of light - that Moses’ face was shining and not horned.

Colored Antiquity

Augustus of Prima Porta", antique statue.

It has long been believed that ancient Greek and Roman white marble sculptures were originally colorless. However, recent research by scientists has confirmed the hypothesis that the statues were painted in a wide range of colors, which eventually disappeared under prolonged exposure to light and air.

The Little Mermaid's Suffering

Edward Eriksen, The Little Mermaid, 1913

The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen is one of the most long-suffering in the world: it is the one that vandals love most. The history of its existence was very turbulent. It was broken and sawed into pieces many times. And now you can still detect barely noticeable “scars” on the neck, which appeared from the need to replace the sculpture’s head. The Little Mermaid was beheaded twice: in 1964 and 1998. In 1984, her right hand was sawed off. On March 8, 2006, a dildo was placed on the mermaid’s hand, and the unfortunate woman herself was splashed with green paint. In addition, on the back there was a scrawled inscription “Happy March 8!” In 2007, Copenhagen authorities announced that the statue might be moved further into the harbor to avoid further incidents of vandalism and to prevent tourists from continually attempting to climb it.

"Kiss" without a kiss

Auguste Rodin, "The Kiss", 1882

Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture "The Kiss" was originally called "Francesca da Rimini", in honor of the noble Italian lady of the 13th century depicted on it, whose name was immortalized by Dante's Divine Comedy (Second Circle, Fifth Canto). The lady fell in love with her husband Giovanni Malatesta's younger brother, Paolo. While they were reading the story of Lancelot and Guinevere, they were discovered and then killed by her husband. In the sculpture you can see Paolo holding a book in his hand. But in fact, the lovers do not touch each other's lips, as if hinting that they were killed without committing a sin.

The renaming of the sculpture to a more abstract one - The Kiss (Le Baiser) - was made by critics who first saw it in 1887.

The secret of the marble veil

Raphael Monti, "Marble Veil", mid-19th century.

When you look at the statues covered with a translucent marble veil, you can’t help but think about how it’s even possible to make something like this out of stone. It's all about the special structure of the marble used for these sculptures. The block that was to become a sculpture had to have two layers - one more transparent, the other more dense. Such natural stones are difficult to find, but they exist. The master had a plot in his head, he knew exactly what kind of block he was looking for. He worked with it, respecting the texture of the normal surface, and walked along the boundary separating the denser and more transparent part of the stone. As a result, the remnants of this transparent part “shone through”, which gave the effect of a veil.

Ideal David from spoiled marble

Michelangelo Buanarrotti, "David", 1501-1504

The famous statue of David was made by Michelangelo from a piece of white marble left over from another sculptor, Agostino di Duccio, who tried unsuccessfully to work with the piece and then abandoned it.

By the way, David, who has been considered a model of male beauty for centuries, is not so perfect. The fact is that he is cross-eyed. This conclusion was reached by American scientist Mark Livoy from Stanford University, who examined the statue using laser-computer technology. The “vision defect” of the more than five-meter sculpture is invisible, since it is placed on a high pedestal. According to experts, Michelangelo deliberately endowed his brainchild with this flaw, because he wanted David’s profile to look perfect from any side.

Death that inspired creativity

"Kiss of Death", 1930

The most mysterious statue in the Catalan cemetery Poblenou is called “The Kiss of Death”. The sculptor who created it still remains unknown. Usually the authorship of “The Kiss” is attributed to Jaume Barba, but there are also those who are sure that the monument was sculpted by Joan Fonbernat. The sculpture is located in one of far corners Poblenou Cemetery. It was she who inspired film director Bergman to create the film “The Seventh Seal” - about the communication between the Knight and Death.

Hands of Venus de Milo

Agesander (?), "Venus de Milo", c. 130-100 BC

The figure of Venus takes pride of place in the Louvre in Paris. A Greek peasant found it in 1820 on the island of Milos. At the time of discovery, the figure was broken into two large fragments. In her left hand the goddess held an apple, and with her right hand she held the falling robe. Realizing the historical significance of this ancient sculpture, officers of the French navy ordered the marble statue to be removed from the island. As Venus was being dragged over the rocks to the waiting ship, a fight broke out between the porters and both arms were broken off. The tired sailors flatly refused to return and look for the remaining parts.

The Beautiful Imperfection of the Nike of Samothrace

Nike of Samothrace", II century BC.

The statue of Nike was found on the island of Samothrace in 1863 by Charles Champoiseau, a French consul and archaeologist. A statue carved from golden Parian marble on the island crowned the altar of sea deities. Researchers believe that an unknown sculptor created Nike in the 2nd century BC as a sign of Greek naval victories. The hands and head of the goddess are irretrievably lost. Attempts were made repeatedly to restore the original position of the goddess’s hands. It is believed that the right hand, raised upward, held a cup, wreath or forge. It is interesting that multiple attempts to restore the hands of the statue were unsuccessful - they all spoiled the masterpiece. These failures force us to admit: Nika is beautiful just like that, perfect in her imperfection.

Mystical Bronze Horseman

Etienne Falconet, Monument to Peter I, 1768–1770

The Bronze Horseman is a monument surrounded by mystical and otherworldly stories. One of the legends associated with him says that during the Patriotic War of 1812, Alexander I ordered especially valuable works of art to be removed from the city, including a monument to Peter I. At this time, a certain Major Baturin achieved a meeting with the Tsar’s personal friend, Prince Golitsyn and told him that he, Baturin, was haunted by the same dream. He sees himself on Senate Square. Peter's face turns. The horseman rides off his cliff and heads through the streets of St. Petersburg to Stone Island, where Alexander I then lived. The horseman enters the courtyard of the Kamenoostrovsky Palace, from which the sovereign comes out to meet him. “Young man, what have you brought my Russia to,” Peter the Great tells him, “but as long as I’m in place, my city has nothing to fear!” Then the rider turns back, and the “heavy, ringing gallop” is heard again. Struck by Baturin’s story, Prince Golitsyn conveyed the dream to the sovereign. As a result, Alexander I reversed his decision to evacuate the monument. The monument remained in place.