statue
Let an agent handle statues by subject, maker, material, location, meaning and heritage, including contested monuments, neutrally.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle statues by subject, maker, material, location, meaning and heritage, including contested monuments, neutrally.
A three-dimensional sculpture representing a person, animal, deity or idea, carved, cast or modelled in stone, metal, wood or other materials, such as public monuments, religious images, totem poles and guardian posts.
What it is for: Commemoration, worship, art and civic identity.
It can be identify subject and maker; research history and meaning; conserve statues; follow debates on contested monuments.
Distinguishing features
Freestanding figure
Many materials
Public or religious
Meaning can be contested
What it looks like
Figures in the round, life-size or monumental, on plinths or in buildings.
How it is recognised
Subject, pose and attributes
Inscriptions and plaques
Traditional forms such as totem poles or jangseung
Related models
is a kind of - category
depicts - subject
is protected as - status
is related to - broader
In practice
Families and kinds
public monuments
religious statues
funerary statues
totem poles and guardian posts
garden and fountain statues
Identifiers
public art register id register-specific monuments
Standards and regulation
Heritage protection law
Public art commissioning rules
Cultural property law
Failure modes and hazards
Vandalism and theft of metal statues
Structural failure
One-sided framing of contested monuments
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Which statue.
Subject and maker.
Subject
Who or what.
Subject
Subject.
- Who or what does the statue depict? provenance
- Who made it, and when? provenance
Material
Stone, bronze.
Material
Material.
- What is it made of? definition
- How large is it? measurement
Meaning Significance.
Meaning changes.
Significance
Why erected.
Significance
Significance.
- Why was it erected, and what does it commemorate? provenance
- What does it mean to communities today? provenance
Contested
Debates.
Contested
Contested monuments.
- Is the statue contested, and what are the positions? boundary
- Are views attributed neutrally? boundary
Heritage Protection.
Statues need care.
Status
Listing.
Status
Heritage status.
- Is it protected? provenance
- Who owns it? provenance
Conservation
Care.
Conservation
Conservation.
- What condition is it in? boundary
- Who conserves it? provenance
Visiting Seeing it.
Visitors should be respectful.
Location
Where.
Location
Location.
- Where can it be seen? provenance
- Is it accessible? boundary
Religious
Sacred images.
Religious
Sacred images.
- Is it a sacred image requiring respectful behaviour? boundary
- Is photography allowed? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should statue types be separate entries?
- How should public art registers be linked?
- How should contested monuments be represented?