Comments | venta: I put you on a pedestal, they put you on the pill

venta

I put you on a pedestal, they put you on the pill

Jul 10, 2015 09:36

So, ages ago I invited people to name me the ten most famous statues in the world. From that, we could deduce what the ten most famous statues actually were, and people who got the most right (and got the fewest obscure ones along the way) could feel massively superior ( Read more... )

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venta July 10 2015, 09:48:09 UTC

Oops, headers corrected. Thanks.

I've not seen - or actually heard of - Northumberlandia. I might have to investigate next time I'm home.

ghoti July 10 2015, 09:47:54 UTC

Ooh, how exciting! I thought my unique statue would be the Epstein. Or did I bump that? I was pretty surprised to discover I could think of more than 10 famous statues when I stopped to think about it, though, so I did have to leave some of my thoughts (including the Motherland Calls) off.

venta July 10 2015, 11:00:16 UTC

No Epstein - you listed all the winners apart from The Thinker and the Manneken Pis, plus you included the Tian Tan Buddha and the Pieta :-) I think you commented about Night and Day at the time, though!

ghoti July 10 2015, 11:56:58 UTC

Ooh, cool thanks. I couldn't remember if I put The Thinker or Pieta, I kept changing my mind.

bopeepsheep July 10 2015, 10:06:50 UTC

I saw Manneken Pis for the first time on Tuesday! He's a tiny wee boy, if you'll excuse the phrase. :)

ylla July 10 2015, 10:11:41 UTC

The little mermaid was the one I was doubting was life size, but I think actually she's ok and the little boy isn't!

bopeepsheep July 10 2015, 10:39:24 UTC

He is just about lifesize. But only if you remember that he is a toddler. :D

ylla July 10 2015, 10:42:35 UTC

Hmm, fair enough! :)

venta July 10 2015, 10:56:35 UTC

I dunno, I'm not entirely clear how big mermaids are in real life!

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drdoug July 10 2015, 11:07:08 UTC

Having won, I should confess I was cheating. I was not giving my genuine answer to "what are the most famous statues in the world", but to "what are the respondents to a quiz on venta's LJ likely to list as the most famous statues in the world", which is an easier question to answer.

venta July 10 2015, 11:56:30 UTC

Yes, shermarama pointed out at the time that that was an issue. I foolishly assume that everyone will try and answer my questions accurately, which of course people never do :-)

Out of interest, what would your genuine list of top ten statues be?