vacation or holiday?
At the height of the May holidays. And someone would come on vacation. Propose to go on a thematic tour of cities and countries. This tour will focus on the monuments, but not all, have long known, but a completely new creations of the modern world. The theme of our journey - "Mom and baby."
As it turned out, the monuments of mothers, pregnant women and children have become a popular theme for artists. They are in almost every region. Come on!
Sculpture "Hello, baby! "In Rybinsk
bronze figurine of a baby weighing 120 kg was opened in September 2011. It is set in a hospital town of Rybinsk between old and new buildings of a maternity hospital. Idea - 12-year-old Diana Dubov. It was she who suggested that his grandmother working in the city committee of the trade union of health workers, to make such a monument - thanks to the doctors and the joy of pregnancy. It is believed that if you rub pyatochku baby, you must have married soon to be baby, while pregnant women will be a good delivery.
The money collected in the sculpture world. First, the project has been implemented on paper, then took him to cast in bronze casting at the Department of Metallurgy and RGATU. Author of the project - a young sculptor Roman Vinogradov.
monument in Donetsk mother
The monument was unveiled May 10, 2003 in the regional center for maternal and child health. They opened a monument to Mother's Day in Ukraine. Author of sculpture - Armenian sculptor Carlo Kalantaryan. The sculpture is made from a sketch by Nikolai Yasinenko. Height of the sculpture - two meters. The initiative to establish a sculpture made by the medical center.
Sculpture "Child in a cabbage" in Tomsk
of the author - sculptor Oleg Kislitsky. The monument is made of his sketch master Mikhail Tomsky Vorobyushko, and set May 15 (Family Day) 2008 at the maternity hospital № 1. The chief doctor of the hospital Tatiana Rastohina issued "certificate of birth of a boy Leahy," "father" - the sculptor Oleg Kislitsky. The sculpture is made at the expense of businessman Paul Chekcheva, inspired by the idea of the monument. Sculpture made of stone and set on a granite pedestal. Diameter of head - 80 cm, height kid - about 60 inches, total height of composition - about 1.5 meters.
«Giving Life" in Rostov-on-Don
Monument at the maternity hospital № 5 appeared September 28, 2001. He was a sculptor - Michael Demyanenko. The women believe that if you touch it or look into the eyes, delivery will be quick and painless. The monument weighs half a ton of , and in the height of 4 meters. The sculptor portrayed a woman who is in the seventh, eighth month of pregnancy. On the creation of the monument was inspired by Demyanenko pregnant wife. True, there was a statue moms not at once. As a monument, the daughter of Demyanenko was 20 years old.
Monument "Maladentsy" in Prague
The author - a Czech sculptor David Cerny. In 2000 at the Prague TV tower Zhizhkove sculpture was placed in a giant (3.5 meters in length) of faceless babies crawling at high altitude up and down the walls of the tower. Thanks to these alien babies television tower has become one of the most popular tourist sites in Prague.
Giant babies were conceived by the sculptor in 1994, when he lived in New York for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. But the museum did not find money for the installation, and the figures for some time roamed the exhibition, even having to visit in Kiev.
Monument to the pregnant woman in Tomsk
The monument was opened in the Children's Day in 2005 near the medical school (at the corner of the tract and the Moscow Lenin Avenue). The author of the monument - Nicholas bay. The composition is a tall woman with a baby inside. This work was in the avant garde - from the bars. If you look closely, it will be clear that the sculptor when the baby is pushing mom in the flank. To make it look natural, sculptor consulted with the doctors. There is a legend that if you tie a ribbon here, childbirth will be easy. And the women who can not get pregnant, be sure the child will wait.
Monument to the pregnant woman in London
Installed September 15, 2005 in Trafalgar Square. The monument is made of one piece of white marble, the work was spent 9 months. Sculpture turned out 3.55 meters tall (12 feet). Three pedestal in the square were occupied, and that it was not boring, the mayor of London offered to organize competitions for sculptors in the sculpture worthy of space on the vacant fourth plinth. Marc Quinn won the competition. However, it was planned that the fourth plinth of the statue will constantly change. Therefore, the fate of "pregnant statue" is unknown.
Monument to Motherhood in Zelenograd
The monument was erected under the "Recreation in the City" in 2008 and is set in parkland Michael ponds. Author Sergey Mantserev sculpture. The essence of the project is that all the sculptures were created with real prototypes. The prototype sculpture of mother mom was the head of "March 8" Mikhail Kravchenko, who commissioned this sculpture. Kravchenko supporting young artists.
Monument to the mother in Tyumen
The monument was inaugurated on June 1, 2010. The official name of its "Motherhood." The monument is located in the park area (small square) at the intersection of Sverdlov and the Komsomol. Making of the monument took 8.5 months. Author and sculptor (at once), Peter Starchenko he was looking for investors and sponsors. His monument Starchenko like to thank all the women in the most difficult profession - a profession her mother. According to the idea of the sculptor was originally in the composition and dad, but he did not accept the author's aesthetic, so it was decided to do without it, but the finger of a woman appeared ring.
«Beloved Woman" in New Orleans
The sculpture is installed in one of the parks of New Orleans (Louisiana). The author - a famous sculptor Fernando. The meaning of sculpture is simple: after giving birth at home all the responsibilities borne by the father. As for the forms - the author of the work tells us that a woman should love. Many and strong. From the fact she's so big.
If you're in one of these cities, be sure to go to the "mother" and "child." Rub pyatochku or tummy - for good luck. Unless, of course, will make it!
