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Which island is famous for monolithic stone statue in human form?
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Easter islands, off the coast of the U.K
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Is the statue of liberty famous for human or physical characteristics?
human
What are the moai made of?
The Easter island Moai (monolithic human figures) are made of rock
What famous giant statue of a lion with a human head?
That statue is called the Sphinx.
What is moai?
Moai, or mo'ai , are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Easter Island, Chile between the years 1250.
Describe the features of Moai?
Moai are monolithic human figures on Easter Island. Moai Seamount is a submarine volcano in the Pacific Ocean west of Easter Island.
What famous lion statue is with a human head?
The famous lion statue with a human head is known as the Sphinx. It is an ancient statue located in Giza, Egypt, and is believed to have been built around 2500 BC. The Great Sphinx of Giza is considered one of the most iconic and mysterious sculptures in the world.
Which island is famous for its large ancient statues of human heads?
Easter Island is known for some of their ancient statues of human heads.
What is the most famous picture of the human figure?
It is virtually impossible to choose one of all representations of the human body to be more famous than others.To pick a couple: Michelangelo's big statue of David, Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a man inside a square and a circle
What is the difference between sculpture and statue?
A statue is a sculpture of a human or animal figure. However, generically a sculpture does not have to be a statue, it can be an abstract form or simply figurative.
Which goddess changed Pygmalion's statue into a human?
Aphrodite.
What is a human headed lion statue called?
The Sphinx.
What were the Easter Island Moai used for?
Moai are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500. Representing deceased ancestors, the Moai may also have been regarded as the embodiment of powerful living or former chiefs and important lineage status symbols. The most widely-accepted theory is that the statues were carved by the Polynesian colonizers of the island beginning by about A.D. 1000-1100.
